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    Ludwig Van Beethoven was born in 1170 and didn’t have the happiest childhood. His father would rather drink instead of perform music that was a trail of his family. Beethoven studied counterpoint with Haydn but the relationship between them was not a positive one. Beethoven would fulfill his early promise as a composer, he discovered in this late twenties that his hearing was gradually getting weaker. He would later became deaf and contemplated suicide. By his faith with art he would become

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    Ludwig van Beethoven was one of the greatest composers of all time. Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and a pianist. Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Bonn, Germany which was then a capital of Electorate of cologne. Ludwig van Beethoven was on December 16, 1770. Ludwig van Beethoven died on March 26, 1827 at the age of fifty-six. Throughout his life Beethoven had to face many health issues, he still managed to create many famous pieces. Lugwig van Beethoven pieces of music impacted and changed

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    Ludwig Van Beethoven remains as one of the most influential and famous of any composer. Beethoven was a German pianist and conductor. His music takes a step forward. Where did he live? Where did he die? These are some questions that can be answered. First, what made Beethoven a great composer? Haydn and Beethoven both traveled to Vienna to study music together. While Beethoven was there, his mother fell ill. Beethoven traveled back to Bonn (his hometown) to see her. He continued to study

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    morning star, which looked very big,” (Van Gogh). This quote had a dedication to his brother Theo, right before his creation of “The Starry Night”. Also, from one of the most famous paint from the 19th century. Not only that, he was also a highly influencer for the 20th century art. In present day or in the 21st century he is a big influencer and inspiration of art. This artist is Vince Van Gogh, who has created the most “post-impressionist” paints. Which mean Van Gogh had a style, and was part of painting

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    zia (ARTH 110-01 - Dr. Baluyut), December 6th, 2016. Van Gogh’s ‘The Courtesan’ - An Image of Utopia Beginning in the 1870s and extending into the 1900s, two major styles of art became prevalent in the country of France; Impressionism and Post-Impressionism. Impressionism resulted from the feelings of chaos and instability from a major increase in population, showing scenes in a sketch like manner through a portrayal of senses. By the mid 1880s, Post-Impressionism emerged, causing a return from

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    • Paving the way of Modern Art: Van Gogh as a modern style icon “Starry, starry night. Paint your palette blue and gray.” Seems familiar? The excerpt above is from the lyrics of the song Vincent by Don Mclean. But what you don’t know is that there’s something enigmatic in this song. Given that, it is inspired from the painting The Starry night but it is also about the uncertain life and poignant death its painter - Vincent Van Gogh. Born in 1853, a child who in his later years became an artist

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    Bedroom in Arles, an oil painting executed by Vincent van Gogh, is currently exhibited in the Art Institute of Chicago (version 1889). A medium-size painting full of transitions of colors and angles, The Bedroom showcases van Gogh’s residence in Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône, France, where he started extensive cooperation with Paul Gauguin. Although not a realistic reflection of the place he lived, The Bedroom masterfully integrates effects of colors, composition, perspective, and size to convey both a

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    Washington Irving is a well-known author famous for his stories “Rip Van Winkle” and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” During the time Irving was writing “Rip Van Winkle,” Americans were fascinated with the Romanticism Era. The era was known for literature that emphasized emotions and they lived to read about past events. No one had ever tried to link America’s history to fictional literature. Irving successively wrote a short story based on the German folktale “Peter Klaus the Goatherd.” Although Irving’s

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    Vincent Van-Gogh and Jackson Pollock If you ask multiple people what their definition of art is, all the answers will be diverse.There are a variety of different types of art. For example, there are paintings, sculptures, photography and many more. Different types of art can have nothing in common with the other types. Art can be so many things. There are even different styles or movements of art. To elaborate, impressionism, cubism, expressionism, and many more are all different styles of art

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    This is a still life painting, in which Vincent van Gogh selected some everyday objects to express their symbolic meaning on his drawing. This portrayal describes the setting on a table. It emphasized a opened big book which placed at the center. The book is thick and the content looks vague, but it is believed that it is a Bible under the pretext of the portrayal’s title, “Still life with Bible”. There is also a candlestick with an extinguished candle next to the Bible and the candle is burnt and

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