Vincent Martella

“Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul,” said William Maugham, a British playwright from the 19th century. Vincent Van Gogh, an artist who is considered by many one of the most inspirational artists in history, was no stranger to depicting his struggles in life or feelings in his work. Van Gogh’s piece Starry Night, designed in the year 1889, shows this to be true in that it was the result of his experiences in an asylum that encouraged this piece. Despite

Eric Chiaramonte Anna Sparks FAS-202 02/04/2017 Artist 's Name: Jan Havicksz Steen Title: The Merry Family Style movement: Baroque Date: 1668 Location: Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam Origin: Leiden, Netherlands Artist 's Name: Vincent van Gogh Title: The Potato Eaters Style movement: Postimpressionism Date: 1885 Location: Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam Origin: Nuenen, Netherlands Artist 's Name: Jeremie Fischer Title: Is the Family Dinner Overrated? Style movement: Post Modernism Date: 2012 Location:

My gallery will feature portraitures throughout history. Portraits have been around since the beginning of art. History affects every aspect of our lives including art; artist changed the style of portraitures depending on what was going on in the world at that time. At first portraits were only painted of the wealthy or someone who was deemed important. In these times, it was usually kings, queens, or religious figures that they believed were worth painting. The first picture I choose to feature

beloved for. Thesis Statement: Although Vincent Van Gogh’s work is recognized around the world, his life was full of depression and rejection from people and the art world, but still he impacted the style of art forever. Credibility Statement: I have

Some of the most renowned artists use their work to express key aspects of their ‘lives’; many use personal affairs as motivation to create some of their most new and most greatest works. It can be assumed that artist’s with mental illnesses ‘have no choice but to express their lives’; using art as their escape. Which makes me question what was their state of mind and motivation in the creation of some of their famous works, for example Van Gogh’s ‘Starry Night’. The expressive work of Van Gogh

In the 19th century France was still going through technological improvements, one of them being the camera. Impressionist artists started painting outside instead of being inside of their studio but one issue they faced was wanting to capture time. Artists wanted to capture a moment in time and that’s what the camera was able to do. Other features that artists took from the camera is the sense of movement, cameras showed people moving to be blurry and having after images because of the shutter speed

What would happen if no one ever recorded history? What values would humanity have? Would we be able to learn anything? In the short story, “The Waters of Babylon” by Stephen Vincent Benet, Benet displays his story to be in a futuristic post-apocalyptic world that was destroyed due to the fact that the people who lived in it failed to record their history. The main character, John, has to go on a quest to learn more about his ancestors and get more information about the world they lived in. When

creating their expression of what they see. Many paintings dated back to the 1700’s and seemed to have very little cracks or signs of age within the paintings. While experiencing the painting galleries, I was hopeful to find a painting by both Vincent van Gogh and Claude Monet. To my surprise the museum had one piece by

friends are truly life’s treasures. Sometimes they know us better than we know ourselves. With gentle honesty, they are there to guide and support us, to share our laughter and our tears. Their presence reminds us that we are never really alone” (Vincent Van Gogh). In the novel, All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr shows the beautiful connection between characters who motivate each other to achieve greatest potentials. Helpers are essential in many lives because their unwavering support and

paintings, sculptures and architecture. These different types also make a variety of artwork to be seen by all people. The art pieces that I chose, Jar, Bottle and Glass by Juan Gris, The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dalí, and Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh, seemed interesting to me and I believe to best represent the context in which they were created, along with the major artistic movements of the time. I went on to research them more thoroughly to better understand the history behind them