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Van Gogh Houses In Auvers
Beyond the Beauty
When having to choose two works of art to compare and analyze, it had occurred to me that one of my all time favorite artist has always been Vincent
Van Gogh. After searching through countless of Van Gogh's magnificent works of art, I knew I wanted to analyze 'Houses in Auvers'. Once I chose my
first painting, the second piece fell right into place. Since Van Gogh was a painter in the post impressionist movement, deciding to choose another
painter from that movement worked out well. I chose, 'Auvers, Panoramic View', painted by Paul Cezanne. A majority of people admiring these
paintings would realize at least two elements: houses, and the beauty. Although, looking beyond the beauty of the town, there are many more
comparisons.
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Both of these works of art have a dull–like feel to them. Although, in Van Gogh's painting, less of the town had been painted. Having chosen to paint
only a few houses from the town, this gives the viewers a feel of homeliness. With this being said, the use of color in Van Gogh's is much more, and
to a point, more vibrant than Cezanne's. The color in both works of art accomplishes much more than add to the beauty of the surroundings and
landscape. The color used in both these paintings does a stunning job describing the world around them. Even though the color may be dull, it adds to
the emotion of both paintings. With Cezanne's having a bigger point of view than Van Gogh's, the color is distributed immensely in 'Auvers,
Panoramic view'. Having this be said, in Cezanne's the viewer gains a superior perspective on the surroundings and the atmosphere the town gives off.
Even with the dull–like coloring in both, it gives the viewer a sense of peacefulness and
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Vincent Van Gogh And His Life
In essence of this twenty–first (21st) Century, the life of Vincent Van Gogh; has become more of a legend with a substantial figure among painters
and western art in the society today. Vincent Van Gogh is said to be a person with persevering characteristics due to all the failures he encountered in
his career path from being a "minister like his father to dealing in arts like his uncle" (Blumer,2002) before becoming the successful painter, we all
acknowledge in the world today. However,Vincent Van Goghis practically known to be the subject discussed in midst of artists, historians, and
psychologists worldwide based on his artworks, his mental health issues and cutting–off his left ear.
In brief, Vincent Willem Van Gogh is a well
–known Dutch post–impressionist painter, born to an austere country ministering father, and an artistic
mother on March 30, 1853, in Groot–Zundert, Netherlands, and died as a result of gunshot wound to the chest in the arms of his brother Theo on July
29, 1890 in Auvers–sur–Oise, France (Vincent, n.d.). In the wake of recent discoveries, there have been speculations whether the death of Vincent
Van Gogh was a suicidal or murderous act; which implies whether Van Gogh shot himself or someone else did (Smith & Naifeh, 2014). It is believed
the death of Van Gogh is yet a mystery basically lingering around to be solved. Nevertheless, Vincent Van Gogh was the oldest of his siblings, three
sisters and two brothers; despite the fact his mother lost her
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Vincent Van Gogh Research Paper
Vincent Willem van Gogh is considered as one of the most renowned artist/painter in history, but like many others, his legacy and talent was brought to
light after his death. While suffering from mental illness and poverty throughout his life, he was still able to capture the essence of beauty and color
through his expressionistic, abstract technique as well as influence in Japanese art. His works accumulate to 2,100, consisting of 860 oil paintings, and
more than 1,300 watercolor, drawings, and sketches. Van Gogh, being a post–impressionist artist, is stated to be the greatest Dutch painter after
Rembrandt. Van Gogh's work is now recognized by many; from his art being sold for little to nothing, is now sold for millions.Vincent van Gogh was
born on March 30, 1853, in Groot–Zundert, Netherlands. His parents were Theodorus van Gogh and Anna Cornelia Carbentus. Supposedly, van
Gogh's influence toward the arts was said to be derived from his mother, who was a moody artist who loved nature, drawing, and water color. While
growing up, Van Gogh's family struggled financially, so he quit school at the age of 15 to work and his... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
There he fell in love with his landlord's daughter, Eugenie Loyer. When his love was not returned, he became madly upset, which resulted in his
dedication toward God and his new occupation as a minister. Becoming a minister was not an easy task for van Gogh, as he rejected taking the Latin
exams in the School of Theology in Amsterdam, due his belief on the language being of the poor. In the winter of 1878, he volunteered to be located
to an poor coal mine in Belgium (usually a place where preachers were sent as punishment). There, he preached and drew miners and their families. He
eventual gained the title of "Christ of the Coal Mines"; this didn't sit to well with evangelical committees. Eventually van Gogh had to search for
another occupation and
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Van Gogh: A Simple Job
It started off as a simple job. Go to Amsterdam, Netherlands, steal one of Van Gogh's most prized paintings, go home, and sell it. I've done this
type of job so many times, I could do it blindfolded and with one hand tied behind my back, but that was before I knew there was another person
after the painting, or should I say organization. They were highly trained thieves, specialized in stealing the world's most beloved paintings. I was
only a common thief, just trying to make enough money to live, but if I got one of Van Gogh's paintings, I'd never have to steal again. Before
every job, I research the city and memorize every street, every turn, and every detour. I know the city as if I've lived there for years. I find hundreds
of different escape plans because you can never be too careful. But this job was different, I was going back to my hometown, Amsterdam. I lived there
from the time I was born until my family shipped me off to boarding school in London. That's when I escaped and started my life as a thief, living on
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I walk for about ten more minutes until I see it. The Van Gogh Museum. There are more than two hundred paintings and five hundred drawings of Van
Gogh's in the museum. I almost tear up with joy as I think of all the money I could get if I do this job right, but now is not the time to get
distracted, I have to get the painting first. I hurry toward the back entrance. I look around for the camera I know is there. I look to the left and there
it is, I find a rock on the ground and hurl it toward the camera, shattering it. Now, the door. I know this modern side of the building was designed by
Gerrit Rietveld. I also know that once I open this door, I have twenty seconds until the alarm starts to alert the police, so I have to move
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Vincent Van Gogh Biography
Vincent van Gogh was born on March 30, 1853 and died on July 29, 1890. Van Gogh was born in Groot–Zundert, Netherlands and died in
Auvers–sur–Oise, France. Van Gogh went to school at Brussels Academy in Bruxelles, Belgium. Vincent was the oldest child of Anna Cornelia
Carbentus and Theodorus van Gogh, a pastor of the Dutch Reformed Community. Vincent attended the local village school in 1861 to 1864 for
religious education and soon transferred to a boarding school from 1864 to 1866 where he studied and learned English, French and German. He
transferred to another school in Tilburg but then transferred again in the middle of his second year there because of the financial struggles of his
family. After so much transferring, finally at the age of 16, van Gogh was sent to The Hague to work as a junior clerk for about three years. In 1886,
van Gogh relocated to Paris and became influence by Impressionism and Post–impressionism and received exposure to artists such as Pissarro, Monet,
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From the years 1886 to 1889, Vincent painted over 30 self–portraits. His collection placed him among the most productive self–portraitists of all time
and this was used as a method of introspection, a method to make money and developing his artistic skills. Vincent van Gogh's work influences mine by
the colors choices, brush strokes and the meaning behind his paintings and portraits. I love to draw and paint flowers, so viewing van Gogh's painting of
the Iris makes me want to continue painting more floral pieces, including irises. Also, the meanings behind van Gogh's sketches and paintings influence
me to put more meaning behind my artwork and to make them more personal as well so people can understand the vibe that radiates from my
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Vincent Van Gogh Essay
Vincent Van Gogh Although he is almost unknown during his brief lifetime, Vincent Willem van Gogh, was born Mar. 30, 1853, in Groot
–Zundert, the
Netherlands and is today probably the most known and appreciated representative of art. His work became an important bridge between the 19th
and 20th centuries; and it was particularly influential . Van Gogh clearly showed artistic talent even as a child, but neither he or his family imagined
that painting would become his career. Instead, at the age of 16, he went to work for Goupil and Company, an art gallery with which one of his
uncles had long been associated with; he was dismissed in 1876. Other false starts included a job in a Dordrecht bookstore during the spring of 1877,
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During the winter of 1885–86 Van Gogh studied at the academy in Antwerp, where he was forced to draw from plaster casts and to adopt academic
principles that did not suit him. He moved to Paris, where he lived with Theo his brother. The Paris period (March 1886–February 1888) is extremely
important because it enabled Vincent to see and to hear discussed work of virtually every major artist there. Although van Gogh admired many.
During these years van Gogh's style shifted from the darker manner characteristic of his Nuenen period to a postimpressionist style heavily influenced
by divisionism . Van Gogh left Paris and moved to Arles in February 1888. His mature work and many of his most famous paintings date from the
ensuing year. In October 1888, Paul Gauguin came to live and work with van Gogh. After only 2 months, however, following the first of Vincent's
attacks of dementia, he punished himself for trying to stab a close friend Gauguin in which he amputated his own earlobe, Gauguin left, having first
summoned Theo from Paris. Thereafter, Vincent was hospitalized until the spring of 1890; he was voluntarily confined in the Asylum of Saint–Paul in
Saint–Remy from May 1889 until May 1890. He continued to paint, however, and in June 1889 executed the Starry Night and the extraordinary
Self–Portrait (Louvre). In the three months following his release from the hospital in May 1890, at the
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A Brief Biography of Vincent Van Gogh
When most people think of Vincent van Gogh, they think of an artist with mental health issues who cut off his own ear. Some stop at that, but others
then progress to think of his Starry Night painting. Van Gogh is well known for not becoming famous until after his death. In fact, he sold but one
painting during his life, and that was mostly thanks to his brother, Theo. Today, his paintings are some of the most sought after and expensive works
ever to be auctioned. However, though most modern art appreciators celebrate his paintings, his life, and are well informed about him, the rest of the
world sits by and merely acknowledges him as a talented artist gone awry. It is not wrong to look at a painting and try to figure out what the artist was
thinking when they made it, but it is a shame to not also try to understand what led them to that point. Why did they produce it in the first place? This
is especially the case with Vincent van Gogh, whose whole life– from birth to death– must be examined. Theodorus van Gogh and Anna Cornelia
Carbentus successfully bore their first child on March 30, 1853. Both believed in having a large family and strived for normality and high social
status, which proved to be problematic when little Vincent showed early signs of aloofness and strange habits. Though he was especially close with
his brother, Theo, growing up, Vincent never really seeked company. For the most part, his childhood was fairly happy, full of routine Bible lessons
from his
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Van Gogh Essay examples
Vincent Willem van Gogh was born on 30 March 1853 in Zundert, a village in the south of the Netherlands. His father was the protestant minister of
the place, but three of his father's brothers were art dealers, and so it is only natural that Vincent became an apprentice at the shop of his uncleVincent
van Gogh in The Hague. His uncle had become a partner in the firm of Goupil & Cie, and after having worked in The Hague for four years
Vincent was sent to other branches of the Goupil firm, first in London, then in Paris.
During the years in London and Paris, Vincent had developed an intense love for the Church and a desire to follow in the footsteps of his father. In
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His first drawings from Etten are still very clumsy, but in a few months a great improvement is noticeable, and the progress becomes amazing as
soon as he had settled in The Hague (after a row with his father about his refusal to go to church at Christmas). Here he had some help from a very
good painter, called Anton Mauve, who also gave him some painting lessons. In the two years that Van Gogh spent in The Hague (1882
–83), he
produced some two hundred drawings, most of which are very characteristic figure studies, either after the woman who shared his life in The
Hague, Sien Hoornik, or after men and women from an old people's home, but there are also excellent landscapes, such as the views of the gardens
and meadows behind his house. One of the most famous of his figure studies is the seated nude, titled Sorrow, for which Sien had sat as a model.
This portrait, of which he also made a lithograph, is typical for what his ideal in drawing was; he wanted to achieve more than mere technical
perfection: his real aim was expression. He wanted to express the misery of the poor people with whom he was surrounded, and also their dignity. He
admired the wood engravings of The Graphic, buying and collecting as many as he could, especially its "Heads of the People,"
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The Potato Peeler Analysis
The Potato Peeler (1885) (Fig. 1) (reverse: Self–Portrait with a Straw Hat) (1887) (Fig. 2) by Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) is one of many paintings
that lack highly saturated hues and colors by van Gogh. Many have a misconception that his darker and less saturated paintings come from a short
time in his life when he experimented with dark colors; the reality is that his more saturated paintings were not developed until the last four years of
his life and his less saturated pieces come from a longer period in his life. Given how different the two pieces are, one can assume they are unrelated;
but they really show how much he grew as an artist and how much he challenged himself to move from less saturated still lifes, portraits, etc. to... Show
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Much, if not all, of his work before 1886 was very similar; he used vibrant color infrequently if it all and painted dark landscapes, still–lifes, and
portraits (like The Potato Peeler). It was not until he left for France in 1886 that he decided to focus more on himself, thus transforming his style into
what we recognize more easily today. There seems to be a misconception that he had always painted with vibrant colors and little thick strokes; but he
only painted using vibrant and highly saturated colors for a brief time in his life as stated before. Van Gogh was influenced by Jean–FranГ§ois Millet
to paint rural scenes. In the winter of 1884 to 1885, van Gogh painted more that 40 portrait studies of peasants, including The Potato Peeler
(Department of European Paintings). These studies would then lead to his piece The Potato Eaters as seen in Fig. 3. Van Gogh was inspired to
portray rural life this way because he "intended to relay to the viewers a feeling of the coarseness of rural life" (Stotland, 387). Van Gogh was more
focused on life around him and depicting it in a more humanistic way. Although the use of light and shadow may be exaggerated to some extent, the
color stays accurate to what humans do look like. A few more minor pieces were painted after in the same style as The Potato Peeler; but after his
move to France, his style changes to the more vibrant and impressionist style we know today. Van Gogh had realized that "the style of
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Frida Kahlo Research Paper
A person's state of mind and their emotions can be expressed in numerous ways without a word ever being spoken. In writing, a poet may share their
heartbreak through verse, while a musician will spread their joy and happiness through melody. A photographer may express a moment of beauty and
awe through a vibrant image, while an artist can use paint to silently convey turmoil using dark colors or shadow. Taking a more in depth look into the
visual arts, it is evident that artists will often use their artwork, such as paintings, to convey an autobiographical account of different, but poignant
periods in their lives. Some will paint their bare souls on to the canvas, leaving little to contemplated. Others make their loneliness and sadness subtle,...
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Frida Kahlo is a celebrated Mexican artist that came from a multi–racial background. Her heritage and other pivotal moments in he life would later be
portrayed in many of the fifty–five self–portraits she would paint during her life. Kahlo began painting while in bed recovering from a bus accident
that not only left her in a body cast for three months, but with never ending pain throughout her life. Kahlo would begin to pursue the selling and
exhibition of artwork. This lead Frida to seek out painter Diego Rivera, hoping that in him she could find a mentor and guide into the art world. They
married in 1929 and so began a tumultuous marriage full of infidelities and heartache. Much that happened during their marriage would become
subject matter for her painting later deemed part of Surrealism. "Though not an official member of Surrealism, Kahlo's bizarre imagery along with her
linear style was reminiscent of Surrealist" paintings, she is often said to be a surrealist painter, through she did not identify with the movement herself.
(theartstory.org) After a live of loss, martial owes, and pain, Frida died in 1954, at the age of forty–seven, leaving behind a legacy of painting that
spoke volumes concerning her emotion and state of
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Vincent Willem Van Gogh Essay
Vincent Willem Van Gogh, of Groot
–Zundert, France, was born on March 30, 1853, near the southern Netherlands. He was noted as a troubled, erratic
painter by David Sweetman, in his book Van Gogh: His Life and His Times. Anna Cornelia Carbentus and Theodrus van Gogh were the parents of this
soon to be phenomenon, and focused their occupations around religion. Theodrus, Cor, Elizabeth, Anna, and Willemina were van Gogh's siblings. The
van Gogh unity held the common name "Vincent" throughout generations of their family. Other than his grandfather and great uncle, one year before
van Gogh's birth, a stillborn with his name was born, making him the replacement child. Art and religion was effortlessly threaded throughout his
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A deteriorating relationship existed between Vincent and the Goupil company, resulting him to soon giving up on the career of art dealing.
Though unsure of where he wished to pursue himself, van Gogh began teaching gospel to schools for boys, and letters of evidence provide the
fact that he enjoyed this occupation. Time back in London in 1876 made it a year of religious exploration for him. Aside from his time at work, he
kept museums and galleries of art as open options. Travelling deeper into the subject of religion, Vincent moved into a clergyman position, and
began to speak at prayer meetings, all of which added up for experience towards teaching a Sunday sermon. After earning about a year's worth of
education in Theology, and a visit home to the Netherlands, he turned back to religion and began preaching in poor regions of Borinage, Belgium.
There he preached to unfortunate coal miners and their family in Wasmes, in 1879. Vincent wanted to ease their lives, and do what he could to
better their fate. He quickly became fond of the group, to the point where he gave away most of his belongings to those he cared for. The Church
classified his actions as asceticism, and dismissed the caring soul. He remained in Borinage, living in profound poverty, aiming to live day by day. He
began to draw what he had witnessed, the miners' conditions, and
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Famous Artist Stereotypes Essay
Stereotypes are well known among humans and many of us have been faced with the criticism of such stereotypes. One of the most well known
stereotypes is those belonging to famous artists. These stereotypes come from many of the movies created about such artists. Some believe that
famous artists are someone people that are abnormal or odd in their way of thinking or actions. When asked what comes into someone's mind when
asked about famous artists may also be how they are not famous until death. Along with these beliefs, people believe that artists have a very active sex
life. Through media, these stereotypes are true but in all actuality, they are not correct.
When thinking about famous artists, many people believe that they all suffer from some type of mental illness. Van Gogh is an example of thestereotype
. Seventy days after Vincent moves to Auvers–sur–Oise and under the care of Dr. Gachet, he dies from a self–inflicted gunshot wound. Many know the
artist to be quite ill mentally along with the fact of Van Gogh cutting his own ear off. The man is known to have had many doctors by his side, checking
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In Frida, the main character Frida is shown being very active in her sex life. Diego Rivera speaks to Frida about her unfaithfulness in their
marriage,"You've broken my heart, Frida." "It hurts doesn't it? But why? It was just a fuck, like a handshake." (Frida). Some people do not realize
though that famous artists are not always active in their sex life. Berthe Morisot, a well known artist, marries into a financially and socially stable
relationship with the brother of another well known male artist. Though she is married, Berthe is driven in her career to become a well known artist
and show her works through exhibitions (Berthe Morisot Biography). Though there are facts proven that not all artists are sexually active, some will
continue to prove such
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The Potato Peeler Analysis
The Potato Peeler (Fig. 1) (reverse: Self–Portrait with a Straw Hat) (Fig. 2) by Vincent van Gogh (1885) is one of many paintings that lack highly
saturated hues and colors by van Gogh. Many have a misconception that his darker and less saturated paintings come from a short time in his life
when he experimented with dark colors; the reality is that his more saturated paintings were not developed until the last four years of his life and his
less saturated pieces come from a longer period in his life. Given how different the two pieces are, one can assume they are unrelated; they really show
how much he grew as an artist and how much he challenged himself to move from less saturated still lifes, portraits, etc. to the more vibrant and... Show
more content on Helpwriting.net ...
Much if not all of his work before 1886 was very similar; very little use of vibrant color, subject matter was that of dark landscapes/scenes, still–lifes,
and portraits of others (like The Potato Peeler). It was not until he left for France that he decided to focus more on himself, thus transforming his style
into what we recognize more easily today. There seems to be a misconception that he had always painted with vibrant colors and little thick strokes;
but he only painted this way for a brief time in his life. Van Gogh was influenced by Jean–FranГ§ois Millet to paint rural scenes and life style; it is said
that in the winter from 1884 to 1885, Van Gogh painted more that 40 portrait studies of peasants, including The Potato Peeler (Department of
European Paintings). These studies would then lead to his piece called The Potato Eaters as seen in Fig. 3 ("The Potato Peeler (reverse: Self–Portrait
with a Straw Hat)" ). Van Gogh was inspired to portray rural life this way because he "intended to relay to the viewers a feeling of the coarseness of
rural life" (Stotland, 387). Van Gogh was more focused on life around him and depicting it in a more humanistic way. Although the use of light and
shadow may be exaggerated to some extent, the color stays accurate to what humans do look like. A few more minor pieces were painted after in the
same style as The Potato Peeler; but after his move to France, his style changes to the more vibrant and impressionist style we know
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Museum Trip: Vincent Van Gogh
Museum Trip From my Museum visit Research Paper I went to the Art Institute of Chicago. When I got there I saw the Van Gogh's Bedrooms exhibit.
It was there main exhibit at the time I thought I would interesting to see his work in person. They were the bedroom in Arles the second versions to be
exact not the sketches. The Art Institute had all three of the paintings there. I was drawn to this because I like to see what he tried differently form
painting to painting. I wanted to see what he changed and what he kept so this was a perfect work to pick. The artist was Vincent van Gogh. He was
born on March 30th, 1853 in Zundert, Netherlands and pasted on July 29, 1890. He was 37 when he died by a self–inflicted gunshot wound in
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It was to show the tranquility of his room thought its simplicity and tranquility. Which I believe it captures quite well. There isn't too much clutter
talking over the painting and it use a lot of simple lines. He wanted to capture the room in colors which is what I think he did quite well. It was
interesting to see him change the color thought–out the process of painting the three different versions. He also mentions how he is referring to Japan
in these works. "The Japanese lived in very simple interiors, and what great artists have lived in that country" (Musee–orsay). He goes on the say that
the Japanese might now find his room simple seeing that there are paintings on the
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Vincent Van Gogh Research Paper
Vincent William van Gogh was a Dutch Post–Impressionist artist who was most famous and significant figure in the history of Western art. Vincent
William van Gogh was born on March 30, 1853, in Groot–Zundert. He was named after his grandfather and his brother who died at birth one year
before he was born. His painting was notable for its beauty, emotion, and colors of depth which was highly influenced by the 20th–century art. During
his life, he was struggling with mental illness and remained poor throughout his life. On July 29, 1890, at Auvers–sur–Oise, Vincent van Gogh died in
France at the age of 37 from a self–inflicted gunshot wound.
Vincent Van Gogh was born as the second of six children into a religious Dutch Reformed Church family in
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Reviewing Downie's Guidebook for Paris
write a two page essay explaining which locations and subjects were of interest to you. What specifically intrigued you and why are they important
to tourism? How does a book like this prepare a tourist for their visit? Introduction Paris is a tantalizing place and Downie made it seem all the more
so with his unique approach to describing it. It was quite difficult to select one specific place to explore since all seemed so tantalizing, but I
eventually settled on the ГЋle de Saint Louis as being the most attractive location. Many of the subjects and locations covered by Downie tantalized
me. These were not only the more famous locations and topics such as the Seine, the Place des Vosges, Coco Chanel, and Vincent van Gogh, but even
more insignificant locations. Tantalizing too was what Downie called the Paris underneath Paris (I..e all of the tunnels, nooks, crannies, and
catacombs which lie under the city proper),. Loving the sea and water in general, I was attracted to "The Boat People of the Seine," and would love to
live (temporarily at least) amongst those who make their home and livelihoods on the pГ©niches (cargo–cum–houseboats) of Paris's waterways .
Downie's chapter on "Night Walking" was equally attractive in a different way. It is hard for me to choose any one site above another, but I would
like to mix the famous sights such as Versailles and, of course, museums and ancient places with walks along the quiet quaint cobbled streets, and along
the rivers with
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Vincent Van Gogh Research Papers
Vincent Van Gogh was a post–impressionist painter, born in the Netherlands on March 30, 1853. He died on July 29, 1890, in France at the age of
37. Sadly, Vincent was poor and virtually unknown his entire life. Currently his work is known for its beauty, emotion, and color, and although he
tried many times never sold a single painting. Van Gogh struggled with mental illness, despite this, his work highly influenced 20th century art and
still wildly popular today. Van Gogh's passion for art likely began as a child. His mother, Anna Cornelio Carbentus, was an emotional artist, with a
love of nature, drawing and watercolors. As a child Van Gogh was a mildly sad child. At ag 15, his family was having financially issues, and was
forced to leave school to work. He got a job working for his Uncle Cornelis, at and art dealership, Goupil & Cie. Van Gogh, by this point, was
already fluent in French, German, and English, and of course Dutch. In June of 1873, Van Gogh was transferred to the Groupil Gallery in London.
When he did, he fell in love with the English culture. He enjoyed reading Charles Dickens and George Eliot, and visited art galleries whenever he
could. He as well fell in love with his landlady's daughter, Eugenie Loyer, who he proposed to. When she turned him down he completely broke down,
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Even though he was raised by a religious family, this is when he really started to consider devoting his life to the church. Wishing to become a
minister. He tried several other times to start a career, but either refused to take the final exams, or was disliked by the committee. It wasn't until the
fall of 1880 that Van Gogh decided to become and artist. He moved to Brussels to pursue his goal. Vincent's younger brother Theo, an art dealer,
wanted to support him financially. He began studying books like Travaux des chanps, and Course de
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Grit Of Gogh Research Paper
The Grit of Gogh "I put my heart and soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process."– Vincent Van Gogh. Grit is having the effort to
achieve something despite the obstacles. Grit is an intense desire to achieve your goals. Grit is adapting well in the face of tragedy or trauma.
Vincent Van Gogh was a man with an immeasurable amount of grit. Vincent Van Gogh used perseverance, passion, and resilience to overcome the
hardship he faced in his life. To begin with, Vincent Van Gogh used perseverance to overcome obstacles in his life. First, Vincent was born into a
very poor family. Due to this setback, Vincent would use peasants as models for many of his drawings and paintings. Secondly, would be that Vincent
only sold one painting in his lifetime called "The Red Vineyard" according to the Van Gogh Gallery. Even though it was a discouragement to him, he
continued to create art. "Only when I fall do I get up again."– Van Gogh. Thirdly, is that Vincent Van Gogh was a self
–taught artist with little to no
training. Since he taught himself, he did not have as much knowledge about techniques as other artists did, but gave his art more personality and life.
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For example, Vincent suffered from temporal lobe epilepsy, a chronic neurological condition which, led him to experience unprovoked seizures. Even
with a horrible condition like this it allowed Vincent to see so much more beauty in the world, which he incorporated into his artwork. In fact,
Vincent's first influence came from his mother states BlogSpot. Vincent's mother, was a highly skilled artist and under her wing, he soon inspired to
become an artist. A final example, of how Vincent had passion is that he poured his heart and soul out in his work. This example is powerful because
we see his passion today as well, in museums and books. All of these examples show how much passion Vincent Van Gogh
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Vincent Van Gogh Research Paper
How would it feel to live your life as a failure, but after your death be praised by all? The real Vincent Van Gogh was an artist who had nothing and
gave up on life. Many people viewed him as a tenacious and mysterious artist. He died a tragic death feeling like an artistic failure due to a couple of
reasons. The first reason was because there were no cures for the mental problems, such as depression, insanity, and epilepsy, that ran in the family.
Because of his depression, he felt like an artistic failure, not knowing the fame he would later gain. Van Gogh died as an unknown artist with little
money and no cure for an issue that was common throughout his family. Without a doubt, the number one reason for his death was mental issues and
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Vincent Willem Van Gogh Of The Protestant Church
Vincent Willem Van Gogh was born to Anna Cornelia Carbentus and Reverend Theodorus van Gogh of the protestant church on March 30th,
1853. Exactly a year to the date after their first child was stillborn. Biographers speculate that being the replacement child of his brother, who
Vincent was the namesake of, could have added to his psychological trauma. There however is no historical evidence of this being factual. While
not is known much about Vincent, we do know that he was a quiet child and spent little to no time in the arts that would one day make him famous.
In his adolescence Vincent had attended multiple schools, including a boarding school in Zevenbergen for two years and then went on to attend
the King Willem II secondary school in Tilburg for two more years. By the time Vincent was 15 he had left his studies for good. After leaving his
studies, Vincent acquired a job at Goupil & Cie., a firm of art dealers in The Hague, in 1869. Many of the people in Vincents family worked at
Goupil & Cie., including two of his uncles and later his brother Theo. Vincent thoroughly enjoyed his job as an art dealer, and stayed in the
Netherlands branch for seven years, and was even transferred to the London branch of the firm. By 1875 Vincent was transferred to the Paris branch
of Goupil & Cie., Vincent soon grew tired of dealing paintings and by March of the next year he had left the firm and returned to England. In April of
that year he began teaching at a school in Ramsgate where
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Comparing The Starry Night And The Scream
The Starry Night and The Scream Vincent Van Gogh was born in the Netherlands on March 30, 1853. He pursued many other things in his life
before deciding to become an artist. He was brought up in a religious atmosphere, being the son of a preacher. He was a preacher himself for a
while in Borinage, a mining district in Belgium. At one point he wanted to dedicate his life to reaching out to those in poverty. At other points in
his life he worked as an art salesman and a bookstore clerk. After being dismissed from preaching in Belgium, he remained there and began to
study art. This period, his early Dutch period, was characterized by somber tones and sharp lighting. The most famous painting to come from this
period was in 1885 and was called "The Potato Eaters". In 1886, he joined his brother Theo in Paris. He was involved in the art world as well, as a
manager of Goupil's gallery. Van Gogh began to study with Cormon and his dark somber palette began to lighten. He started using short brush strokes
and was leaning more towards the Impressionist style (Vincent Van GoghBio). Van Gogh had a dream of establishing an art school and traveled south
to Arles to pursue that dream. He wanted his friends to join him, and Gauguin was the only one that did. His relationship with Gaugin did not end well
though. It's not certain exactly what happened, but there were disputes between the two of them and it ended with a portion of Van Gogh's earlobe
being cut off. Around this time, the end of
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Post Impressionism Art Analysis
The Impression of Post–Impressionism Art
The Impressionism era was a very important movement in the history of art. The artists
under that movement were not very popular since the style was very different. The product of
Impressionism, Post–Impressionism has a more distorted,expressive style because their rules in
terms of content were more free. I will compare and contrast the paintings of this era, Houses at
Auvers by Vincent van Gogh, Goldfish by Henri Matisse, and Mont Sainte Victoire by Paul
CГ©zanne.
The work of art Houses at Auvers by Vincent van Gogh was made after he left the
asylum at Saint RГ©my de Provence. He admitted himself there because he was very sad and
before he arrived he cut off his ear and gave it to a prostitute as a gift. He only resided there for a
short amount of time (the end of 1888–1890) because he became bored. As a result, he moved to
Auvers–sur–Oise, northwest of Paris. There, he painted Houses at Auvers in June of 1890 which
was one of several works of art made before his suicide in the same year.
Houses at Auvers depicts a landscape of early summer in Auvers–sur–Oise. It's medium,
like most paintings in this era, is oil on canvas. In this work of art, viewers can see that the
function is for the visual aesthetic, since Van Gogh was really embracing his surroundings by
how he painted it. He used a lot of different values of color, especially the greens in the trees,
grass, and bushes. Lines and brushstrokes
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Misconceptions Of Impressionist Art
Impressionist Art
When you hear about impressionist art what is the first thing that you think of? Most people think about old French styled paintings. Impressionist art
isn't just old styled paintings formed in France by the French. Impressionist art varies to many different things and different styles. Impressionist art
became a huge style of art form during the 17th to the 19th century. During the 17th, 18th, and 19th century there were quite a few artists who were
considered an impressionist artist. Although the first person to be considered "the first impressionist" was Edouard Manet. Manet showed and proved
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Art has formed into many types of styles and have had huge impacts in different eras. The art back then is very much different than how our art is
today. We have art museums and art shows to whereas back then they didn't have as much as we do in this generation. There are a few misconceptions
about impressionism. Impressionism influenced the multitude of movements that impressionism spawned. Modern art was firmly modern from the
impressionists. The impressionists studied light to the –nth degree. They studied light by looking long and hard at how light is reflected, absorbed, and
how how it registers colors into our brains. They then tried to recreate light by using brushes and paints and combining them to create a visual
representation. There was a key item to help with impressionism. That was the color theory. The color theory is a body of practical guidance to color
mixing and the visual effects of a specific color combination. The color theory was formed by the French chemist Michel– Eugene Chevreul. The color
theory was published in in 1839. Not everybody understood Chevreul's color theory but the impressionists were some of the first few people that were
able to make an understanding and use this
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Vincent Van Gogh Research Paper
Vincent van Gogh was born with his name and birthdate already etched onto a tombstone. Vincent van Gogh was born on March 30, 1853 in
Zundert, Netherlands to Theodorus van Gogh and Anna Cornelia Carbentus. His mother, Anna had a love for drawing which was passed on to
Vincent and his father Theodorus was a country minister. When he was eleven he was moved from the village school in Zundert to a boarding
school in Zevenbergen where he was unhappy because he had to leave his family. Around the age of thirteen Vincent was then transferred to a
secondary school in Tilburg where he earned good grades but in March, 1968 he abruptly quit school for unknown reasons. In Fact in one of his letters
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Vincent took drawing classes from Anton Mauve and his uncle gave him his first commission which was twelve drawings of the city view. In
1884 he rented a large space in Nuenen which was home to many farmers, rural laborers and weavers and that's who he painted and sketched. He
gave Theo some of his works to sell but that didn't work out because his works had a dark tone and the French preferred color. In 1885 after his
father died he moved out of his family home and into his studio where he started working on The Potato Eaters (1885). During that year he enrolled
in an art academy in Antwerp where he found the classes too traditional for him. He went to stay with Theo in Paris in 1886 and Theo introduced him
to colorful arts of modern artists like Claude Monet. Also he met a group of post–impressionist artists at Fernand Cormon's studio which influenced
and inspired him to use brighter colors. He started using short brush strokes and painting cafes and boulevards. He also found inspiration in Japanese
woodcuts and started to collect and study them. Vincent moved to Arles and he loved it there because of the bright light and colors. He had a plan to
set up a "Studio of the South" there
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Van Gogh: The Expressionist Essay
"What lives in art and is eternally living, is first of all the painter, and then the painting." – Vincent Van Gogh
Expressionism is an art form in which the very style itself and the symbols that the artist uses are meant to express his innermost feelings on the subject.
Vincent van Gogh has often been hailed as the quintessential expressionist painter. His artwork covers a range of moods over the years, and his
canvases are almost mirrors into his troubled soul.
Vincent van Gogh lived a troubled life. He once described his childhood as " cold, gloomy and sterile." He alienated himself from his
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His scenes are dark and hopeless, with few random splashes of light.
This combination of personal shortcomings led to van Gogh's stints with being an assistant teacher and a bookseller. He failed miserably in both cases.
His parents, frustrated with supporting their "failure" of a son, begged him to become a minister. He entered into Theology, but soon
realized that he lacked the ability to learn the math and foreign languages necessary. Nonetheless, he did eventually enter an evangelical school, and
went on to become a local priest in Brussels.
Van Gogh drew new inspiration from working with the poor peasant class in Brussels. While he found it extremely difficult to communicate his
religious viewpoints to them, he was a saint in other ways. He was known to give away his own sparse clothing and money to help them. He
became fascinated by their plight, but somehow, living with them began to draw him down to their level. Their harsh living conditions and suffering
made him lose faith in religion. In effect, ironically, his congregation converted him! At this point in time, he became fascinated by their charcoal
drawings and by scenes of everyday life in utter poverty. One of his most acclaimed paintings from this period is "The Potato Eaters."
This depicts a set of elderly people during the Great Potato Famine in Ireland. The colours are dark and dreary greys, blues, greens and browns, and
they are sharing a sparse meal of potatoes and broth. One can
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Rain At Auvers
Artist: Vincent Van Gogh
Name of Piece: Rain At Auvers
Description – Verbal
From the piece of artwork "Rain at the Auvers". I can see roofs of houses that are tucked into a valley, trees hiding the town, black birds, clouds upon
the horizon, hills, vegetation, a dark stormy sky and rain.
The artistic style is brush stroke?
Aesthetic is the function or purpose of the work.
The subject genre is still life.
The image is impressionism.
Oil and Crayon Watercolour paint was used with a variety of different style brushes.
It is a natural piece
The Rain of Auvers can be found at the National Museum of Wales
Analysis
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The colour used is important to the artwork because together they create a place of tranquillity meeting on coming havoc.
The lines that are used do not outline individual objects in the painting but define the shapes of each. They show the direction that the artist took when
painting this particular art piece. They are delicate and sensitive lines in the sense that they are not always visible but they still define the object.
The painting has been painted to a deep 2D form. This form creates an illusion of a large amount of space. As if to create the illusion that you were
looking out past the village towards the horizon. This was important so to capture the full effect of havoc reaching the harmony.
The shape of the artwork is soft and flowing into each section. By using this format the artist has created a piece of volume and depth.
Interpretation
A peaceful village in a sense of harmony with an on coming storm, darkness and gloom. The black birds are flying out of the impending doom to shelter.
My interpretation of what is happening is the village is peaceful sort of like the soul and then the storm comes and suddenly everything is in havoc. As
if the painter had some form of inner turmoil when painting.
The painter is trying to say that nothing is ever peaceful forever and eventually darkness will come. He was looking out over the village and saw the
oncoming storm on the horizon and the black birds fleeing and it reflected his inner
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Paintings of the Old Masters
Look at the color red, a color known for its beauty and while it may not be in everybody's catalogue of beauty, it cannot be denied of its intensity. If
one is showed a stunning painting of a red rose, one of the descriptions that could apply to that paining is beauty: seeing such an elegant spectacle of
nature being emulated on paper can be quite stimulating. Another description that could be associated with a red rose is passion, as such a color may
leave one energized and spontaneous; however how would one respond if they were told that the painting of the rose was painted with blood. Now a
painting that once may have suggested the aspects of beauty and passion, may stir descriptions such as fear, aggression, danger and yet passion as
well; therefore, bringing one to the understanding that "Every image embodies a way of seeing" (Berger, 142). This is why paintings should be
viewed as a spectacle; hence, this brings me to the painting I was presented with by John Berger in his book Ways of seeing in which he argues how
through reproduction the modern context of the Old Masters' paintings severed them from what they meant in the time of their production. The
painting that demanded my attention was Wheatfield with Crows by Van Gogh, something that may seem simple at first but is rich with emotion.
Through such a work of art I've come to understand that paintings are a medium where an artist can illustrate his words/feelings and express
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Vincent Van Gogh Research Paper
Directly after his death, the first bibliography for Vincent Van Gogh was written, by Emile Bernard, who was a painter and friend of Vincent's. It was
three pages long and discussed his aspirations as well as his love for his brother Theo. Emile Bernard continued to celebrate Vincent's life by later
publishing some of the letters he had written. Vincent's sister Elisabeth later published a booklet of poetry detailing his life. This brought forth the
attention of many others who knew Van Gogh to then write about him as well. Later, in the Municipal Museum in Amsterdam, hundreds of his
drawings and paintings were displayed. After 1914, many publications of letters, art, and biographies were published in remembrance of Vincent Van
Gogh's work
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Vincent Van Gogh's Accomplishments
I found it highly enjoyable to explore the unique artwork that the RISD Museum put on display. Many art museums I have visited in the past, only sees
to show drawings, paintings, or maybe photographs. I thought it was neat that this museum expanded their artwork to kitchenware, furniture, and
architectural pieces as well. Although there were so many art pieces I appreciated, I especially took interest in the Auvers–Sur–Oise by Vincent van
Gogh. Vincent van Gogh is widely known for his artistic talent. Various artists tend to create their own unique style that appears in their strand of
artwork. Vincent van Gogh's artwork in my eyes is more distinct than anyone else's. The second I looked at the canvas I knew it was Vincent van
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I am no expert on Vincent van Gogh, but from what I know about him, his life was very intriguing to me. Due to the fact that I found Gogh to be
such a fascinating man, his art was even more interesting to examine. As a psychology major maybe it's in my nature to analysis certain things more
intricately than others. Except, I find more meaning behind Gogh's paintings than just a marvelous piece of artwork. In this case, Vincent van Gogh
was able to illustrate something as simple as a river, church, and the surrounding landscape, and I was still able to extract intense emotion from his
picture. The different textural patterns he uses represents a different emotion for me. For instance, the yellow landscape is more of a cheerful feeling
while the green tree's feel more like a dark and angst emotion. Vincent van Gogh, was a man who unfortunately struggled with mental illness. I believe
his artwork was a major outlet for him to
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Vincent Van Gogh Research Paper
Vincent Van Gogh was born on March, 30 1853 in the town of Zundert in the Netherlands. He died at the age of thirty–seven on July 20, 1890 in
Auvers–sur–Oise, France. Van Gogh primarily worked in oil paints on canvas or board. Some of his works include, The Starry Night, Irises, and the
Night Cafe. He used oil paints as his main media. The art he created was primarily expressionistic and impressionistic. Expressionism is a unique type of
painting, music, or theatrics in which the artist tries to express emotional experience rather than impressions of the external world. Impressionism is a
style in painting starting in France in the 1860s, distinguished by a concern with depicting the visual impression of the moment, most likely in terms ...
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Edouard Manet's artwork is similar to Van Gogh's by how both of the two painted multiple cafe scenes. Edouard's artwork is different to Vincent's
in how Edouard also did Realism along with Impressionism, while Van Gogh focused mostly on Impressionism. Edgar Degas's artwork is similar to
Van Gogh's in how both artists used a brushstroke technique in many paintings. Degas's artwork is different than Van Gogh's in how Degas used
photography in his creative process. Van Gogh's artwork is similar to Claude Monet's in by how they both used many colors in their paintings which
overlapped other colors. Monet's artwork is different than Van Gogh's in how Monet rarely, if ever, used browns, or earth colors in his work. Van
gogh however often used dark earthy colors in his
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Vincent Van Gogh And Oscar Wilde's The Decay Of Lying
Things as They Really Are
In his essay "The Decay of Lying", Oscar Wilde wrote, "No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist."
This prominent playwright believed that the purpose of art stood in distortion and adornment. However, in comparing Point Reyes Country Road by
Asha Carolyn Young and Wheatfield with Crows byVincent van Gogh, I made the conclusion that the Wilde's statement is false. Many different forms
of art exist, and whether it is realistic, abstract, or anything else; all art styles should be recognized as "art". Although the style is different, the result
that they provide to the audience is the same– a reaction in a human sense or emotion.
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Young's painting comes from the coast of North California, on a bright summer day, possibly on the way to Point Reyes National Seashore for a
vacation. Born privileged, Young lives with hope and faith in Art and the Great Spirit. Van Gogh's painting comes from Auvers
–sur–Oise, a rural area
in France while he struggled with financial instability and other mental issues. Van Gogh shot himself, but a month before his demise, he produced
more than 70 pieces of art. Because Wheatfield with Crows was the last piece of his life, the emotions that he felt throughout his poor, disregarded, and
sordid life were condensed into this one painting. That changes a lot of things about how the audience views the painting, doesn't it? Art can tell
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Vincent van Gogh Essay
Vincent van Gogh
In present time, Vincent van Gogh is probably the most widely known and highly appreciated person of postimpressionism. During his brief lifetime,
Vincent's work went almost unknown to this world. His work now hangs in countless museums throughout the world and is considered priceless. His
work became an important bridge between the 19th and 20th centuries.
The art–historical term, Postimpressionism was coined by Roger Fry a British art critic, who described the various styles of painting that flourished
during the period from about 1880 to 1910 (Britannica). It was generally used for a convenient way to group together the generation of artists who
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Vincent was eventually transferred to the London Branch, where he started a series of disastrous love affairs. After four years of work he lost his job
due to the lack of his everyday responsibilities. At the age of twenty–three, Vincent's mental state began to deteriorate. He developed a strong sense of
religious devotion and took an unpaid position at a small boarding school in Ramsgate, England.
In 1880 Van Gogh started to focus on art as a career and not just a hobby. After a brief stay at the University of Amsterdam studying theology,
Vincent chose art as a vocation and became dependent on his brother Theo for money. In the spring of 1880 his brother wrote to him and said,
"Vincent, what is the matter?" (Burra). In the letter there was some money. Though he knew the proper thing to do was to return it, it felt good for
him to have a square meal again. For the next ten years his brother, Theo, continued to send him money and Vincent began to paint feverishly to the
end of his life. Theo and his parents regarded Vincent's passion for books as the root of all his trouble (Meier–Graefe). They felt that since he stopped
being an art dealer he had somehow deserted art. They could not have been farther from the truth. Many of the letters written from Vincent and Theo
have now become such an extraordinary source of knowledge to Van Gogh life. From 1881 to 1885 van Gogh lived in the Netherlands. In keeping with
his humanitarian outlook he painted
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Vincent Van Gogh's Influence On 20th-Century Art
Van Gogh's Health
Van Gogh was a Dutch Impressionist painter whose work had a far–reaching influence on 20th–century art. Research shows In Van Gogh's Book
'Vincent's Choice' that he suffered from various conditions such as epilepsy, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, MГ©niГЁre's disease and
also syphilis that he suffered with up until the day he committed suicide. Fighting with the numerous medical conditions through out his artistic life."
Real painters do not paint things as they are... they paint them as they themselves feel them to be. http://www.theartstory.org
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Giving a description on what his perception of what a real painter is and how emotions reflect through his artistic experience.
Vincent Van Goghexperienced numerous jobs and love pursuits, all ending in a dramatic breakdown. His response to these experiences however,
demonstrates a genetic and mental abnormality, causing behaviors that separated those around him. He became to be more isolated from society and
began to pour all of his energies into painting, which progressed through past experiences.
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He also mentions throughout out his letters about numerous medical occurrences, episodes of madness when he used absinthe and had seizures, he
maintained a remarkable degree of lucidity during his stormy life. "If you know that it is dangerous for you to have colors near you, why don't you
clear them away for a time, and make drawings?" Theo van Gogh. Letter to Vincent van Gogh. Written 3 January 1890 in Saint–RГ©my. Translated by
Mrs. Johanna van Gogh–Bonger, edited by Robert Harrison, number
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Paul Cezanne On The Banks Of A River Analysis
The mesmerizing painting created by the 20th Century French artist Paul Cezanne portrays how even incomplete works are capable of depicting its
own form of art and overall experience. His painting On the Banks of a River is constructed using oil on canvas and is an unfinished lifelike
rendering of a natural scenery; well–preserved today at the RISD Museum. Cezanne's process of painting and his techniques are clearly discernible in
this early stage of art. Likely using a wide brush, his paint strokes are both purposeful and confident where his objective is to present only the most
vital parts of the piece and each object's location, creating an artwork made up of blocky, thick, and layered strokes similar to that of impasto
paintings (a technique that layers large amounts of paint in order to form a larger picture). From close up it is challenging to distinguish the subject
of the painting besides multicolored blotches of paint, but at a distance one can grasp the different shapes and colors merge to form a complete
landscape. There are also three layers to this work, each diverse and together offers a sense of depth in the form of overlapping grounds and value
contrasts. The foreground is the warmest, composed mainly of a sandy yellow color dotted with gray streaks possibly representative of stones or
pavement, with some blue highlights to contrast the dirty yellow. The middle ground is the most detailed and consists of many dark colors and bright
red and yellow geometric
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Vincent Van Gogh Research Paper
Vincent Van Gogh was born on March 30, 1853 at the Zundart Netherlands. Vincent Van Gogh was a post impressionist. Van Gogh's paintings stand
out from other artists of his time. The colors he used most were lemon yellow and blue. His self–portraits are wet with blue background, coat, and
eyes, and with a yellow face, beard, and hair. Stars and books, which were his passion, were painted yellow.
He had nine people in his family Vincent Van Goghwas born the second of six children into a religious Dutch Reformed Church family in the south of
the Netherlands. His father, Theodorus Van Gogh, was a clergyman and his mother, Anna Cornelia Carbentus, was the daughter of a bookseller. Van
Gogh exhibited unstable moods during his childhood, one of his favorite things to do were to paint. Though he excelled at different languages like
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That eventually influenced him to use brighter colors in his artwork and use more vibrant colors.
The Starry Night are one of Vincent Van Gogh's most famous paintings. The Starry Night was painted from a memory that he had. And wasn't
painted from a landscape. The landscape was formed using curves and forms of short lines he also used a form of swirling lines and texture. He used
blue, white, and yellow lines to paint the piece. And it became one of his most famous pieces of art. He finished the art piece in 1889.
Van Gogh was really good at what he did I really liked the Starry Night over Rhone painting it looked really realistic. I liked the way he always
painted the sky or painted things in nature. He used the same colors that he used in the Starry Night to paint the art piece Starry Night Over
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Vincent Van Gogh Struggles
Vincent Van Gogh famously stated,"If you hear a voice in you say 'you cannot paint', then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced."One
would never engage in an activity in which you have no skill. To achieve this skill you must engage in this activity frequently and learn from one's
errors. The only thing that will detain you from achieving this is doubt and fear. Vincent Van Goghhad perseverance and did not cease his love for
painting. He is a famous figure in art history hence he had a thrilling and intriguing life and stood out from most painters from his time. Vincent had
many struggles in life mentally, emotionally, and physically. But he assimilated from these and carried on with his life, which was mostly traveling,...
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Vincent was secretive and did not blend in with other children. Elisabeth later claimed "not only were his little brothers and sisters like a stranger
to him, but he was a stranger to himself as well.(Vincent pg 7 paragraph 5)" however, he would engage in the family life and show affection in his
home circle. Vincent could be in a moment of excitement and then in a moment of depression and sadness. There were multiple moments that
impacted Vincent's life. He traveled to many places to work and never saw hope in life until he met and fell in love with Ursula ( who was his
landlady's daughter). When Vincent gained enough courage, he avowed his love for her and also asked her to marry him. She laughed claiming
she was already engaged and Vincent, after hearing this, became heartbroken and returned to his depressing state with the belief that there is no
hope in life. Furthermore, Vincent was mentally challenged, he became fixated and close to God and the bible. It behooved him to become a
pastor like his father, and so he did. He wanted to send God's message to the crowd in sermons but became too obsessed. Vincent had a "fervent
sense of vocation but was handicapped by his instability, his excessive zeal and exaggeration he displayed in everything he took up. Once, he
attempted to persuade his listeners that, 'sorrow is better than joy' ( Vincent pg 18 paragraph 6)." Furthermore, at the age of 27, he chose drawing as
"his medium of expression with the
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Impressionist Art : Vincent Van Gogh And Edgar Degas
Impressionism
This paper will discuss two iconic impressionist artist, Vincent Van Gogh and Edgar Degas. I will give details on these two artist lives, and see how
they use impressionism to make their beautiful paintings like, Vincent Van Gogh's "The Starry Night" and Edgar Degas' "Dancers in Blue". I will
explain how Lucy Lipids 3–pronged analysis can apply to both of these paintings, and how a few of the Gestalt Principles can be seen in these painting.
Impressionism is a late French 19th century art movement, which was all about the impression of art. The point was to emphasize the artist's
perception of the subject matter as much as the subject itself. More like if you had only just caught a glimpse of it, but could still recognize the
subject. It incorporated new scientific research into the physics of color to achieve a more exact representation of color and tone. Someone using this
style would apply paint in small touches of pure color rather than in broader strokes. Detail wasn't something to worry about with this style it even lead
to another style of art called pointillism. They were paintings with small dots, which gave them a greater sense of vibrancy when seen from a distance.
This would cause a shimmering effect. Vincent Van Goghwas born March 30, 1853 in Zundert, Netherlands, and shot himself on July 27, 1890 and
died from the wound on July 30, 1890 at the age of 37 in Auvers–sur–Oise, France. He was the son of a pastor (Theodorus van Gogh) and always
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Van Gogh's 'Portrait Of Dr. Gachet'
Van Gogh "Portrait of Dr. Gachet" Art has been a big part of our lives for a long time now. That art has been a way how people express how they
feel, and tell a story to the world. For instance, one of the famous portraits from Van Gogh was the portrait of "Dr.Gachet", there are two versions of
the paintings, but they both show Gachet is sitting at the table, leaning his head with his right arm the only difference is they are both slightly different
with the color and style. The original portrait was born in June 1890 at Auvers–sur–Oise, France, and the second painting was born in June 1890 as well
but it took location in MusГ©e d'Orsay, Paris. The original painting was sold on May 16, 1990, in a Japanese gallery for $82.5 million the highest
ever price for a painting at that moment and is still the highest paid for a portrait at a public auction. Van Gogh... Show more content on Helpwriting.net
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The painting of "Dr.Gachet" is an oil canvas and measures to 67 cm x 58 cm (23.4 in x 22.0 in). Dr. Gachet was one of the reasons why Gogh
painted the portrait. In 1890, Van Gogh's brother Theo was searching for a Saint–RГ©my, that a former patient of the doctor Camille Pissarro
recommended Theo, Gogh's brother and told him about the interest Dr.Gachet has to work with artists. His brother sent Gogh to his second home in
Auvers and that is when Dr.Gachet and Van Gogh met on May 20, 1890. Van Gogh and Dr. Gachet had a very close relationship that Gogh would
say he felt like he found himself a "new brother". That is why he did a portrait of him as an appreciation of his "brother" Dr.Gachet for bringing him
into his care after coming out of the asylum and took care of him during his final months of life. In 1890 Van Gogh wrote a letter to his
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Van Gogh And Starry Night
While researching Vincent Van Gogh, I found out several interesting facts about him that I previously didn't know. I also found out information on one
of his famous paintings, Starry Night . My goal for this essay is to provide information and insight into both van Gogh and Starry Night. Vincent
Willem van Gogh was a post impressionist painter. He was born in Zundert, Netherlands on March 30, 1853 and died in Auvers–sur–Oise, France on
July 29, 1890. As a child, van Gogh had a bad temperament that stopped his pursuits in their tracks, and by the age of 27 he was, or had been, a
french tutor and a salesman in an art gallery among other things. Many of his first paintings, such as Potato Eaters (1885, Van Gogh Museum,
Amsterdam), reflected his experiences as a preacher. Some would say that his early work was dark and somber, sometimes even crude, providing
evidence of his desire to express the misery and poverty of humanity though his eyes. In 1886, van Gogh went to Paris, France to live with his brother
Theo van Gogh, who was an art dealer, and became well known with the new art movements being developed at the time. During that period, van Gogh
began to experiment with current techniques after being influenced by the impressionists work and that of such Japanese printmakers as Hiroshige and
Hokusai, and
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  • 1. Van Gogh Houses In Auvers Beyond the Beauty When having to choose two works of art to compare and analyze, it had occurred to me that one of my all time favorite artist has always been Vincent Van Gogh. After searching through countless of Van Gogh's magnificent works of art, I knew I wanted to analyze 'Houses in Auvers'. Once I chose my first painting, the second piece fell right into place. Since Van Gogh was a painter in the post impressionist movement, deciding to choose another painter from that movement worked out well. I chose, 'Auvers, Panoramic View', painted by Paul Cezanne. A majority of people admiring these paintings would realize at least two elements: houses, and the beauty. Although, looking beyond the beauty of the town, there are many more comparisons. While analyzing these paintings the first concept that ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Both of these works of art have a dull–like feel to them. Although, in Van Gogh's painting, less of the town had been painted. Having chosen to paint only a few houses from the town, this gives the viewers a feel of homeliness. With this being said, the use of color in Van Gogh's is much more, and to a point, more vibrant than Cezanne's. The color in both works of art accomplishes much more than add to the beauty of the surroundings and landscape. The color used in both these paintings does a stunning job describing the world around them. Even though the color may be dull, it adds to the emotion of both paintings. With Cezanne's having a bigger point of view than Van Gogh's, the color is distributed immensely in 'Auvers, Panoramic view'. Having this be said, in Cezanne's the viewer gains a superior perspective on the surroundings and the atmosphere the town gives off. Even with the dull–like coloring in both, it gives the viewer a sense of peacefulness and ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 2. Vincent Van Gogh And His Life In essence of this twenty–first (21st) Century, the life of Vincent Van Gogh; has become more of a legend with a substantial figure among painters and western art in the society today. Vincent Van Gogh is said to be a person with persevering characteristics due to all the failures he encountered in his career path from being a "minister like his father to dealing in arts like his uncle" (Blumer,2002) before becoming the successful painter, we all acknowledge in the world today. However,Vincent Van Goghis practically known to be the subject discussed in midst of artists, historians, and psychologists worldwide based on his artworks, his mental health issues and cutting–off his left ear. In brief, Vincent Willem Van Gogh is a well –known Dutch post–impressionist painter, born to an austere country ministering father, and an artistic mother on March 30, 1853, in Groot–Zundert, Netherlands, and died as a result of gunshot wound to the chest in the arms of his brother Theo on July 29, 1890 in Auvers–sur–Oise, France (Vincent, n.d.). In the wake of recent discoveries, there have been speculations whether the death of Vincent Van Gogh was a suicidal or murderous act; which implies whether Van Gogh shot himself or someone else did (Smith & Naifeh, 2014). It is believed the death of Van Gogh is yet a mystery basically lingering around to be solved. Nevertheless, Vincent Van Gogh was the oldest of his siblings, three sisters and two brothers; despite the fact his mother lost her ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 3. Vincent Van Gogh Research Paper Vincent Willem van Gogh is considered as one of the most renowned artist/painter in history, but like many others, his legacy and talent was brought to light after his death. While suffering from mental illness and poverty throughout his life, he was still able to capture the essence of beauty and color through his expressionistic, abstract technique as well as influence in Japanese art. His works accumulate to 2,100, consisting of 860 oil paintings, and more than 1,300 watercolor, drawings, and sketches. Van Gogh, being a post–impressionist artist, is stated to be the greatest Dutch painter after Rembrandt. Van Gogh's work is now recognized by many; from his art being sold for little to nothing, is now sold for millions.Vincent van Gogh was born on March 30, 1853, in Groot–Zundert, Netherlands. His parents were Theodorus van Gogh and Anna Cornelia Carbentus. Supposedly, van Gogh's influence toward the arts was said to be derived from his mother, who was a moody artist who loved nature, drawing, and water color. While growing up, Van Gogh's family struggled financially, so he quit school at the age of 15 to work and his... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... There he fell in love with his landlord's daughter, Eugenie Loyer. When his love was not returned, he became madly upset, which resulted in his dedication toward God and his new occupation as a minister. Becoming a minister was not an easy task for van Gogh, as he rejected taking the Latin exams in the School of Theology in Amsterdam, due his belief on the language being of the poor. In the winter of 1878, he volunteered to be located to an poor coal mine in Belgium (usually a place where preachers were sent as punishment). There, he preached and drew miners and their families. He eventual gained the title of "Christ of the Coal Mines"; this didn't sit to well with evangelical committees. Eventually van Gogh had to search for another occupation and ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 4. Van Gogh: A Simple Job It started off as a simple job. Go to Amsterdam, Netherlands, steal one of Van Gogh's most prized paintings, go home, and sell it. I've done this type of job so many times, I could do it blindfolded and with one hand tied behind my back, but that was before I knew there was another person after the painting, or should I say organization. They were highly trained thieves, specialized in stealing the world's most beloved paintings. I was only a common thief, just trying to make enough money to live, but if I got one of Van Gogh's paintings, I'd never have to steal again. Before every job, I research the city and memorize every street, every turn, and every detour. I know the city as if I've lived there for years. I find hundreds of different escape plans because you can never be too careful. But this job was different, I was going back to my hometown, Amsterdam. I lived there from the time I was born until my family shipped me off to boarding school in London. That's when I escaped and started my life as a thief, living on my own. I knew Amsterdam like the back of my hand. I remember the faint hiss from the buses and the pungent smell ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... I walk for about ten more minutes until I see it. The Van Gogh Museum. There are more than two hundred paintings and five hundred drawings of Van Gogh's in the museum. I almost tear up with joy as I think of all the money I could get if I do this job right, but now is not the time to get distracted, I have to get the painting first. I hurry toward the back entrance. I look around for the camera I know is there. I look to the left and there it is, I find a rock on the ground and hurl it toward the camera, shattering it. Now, the door. I know this modern side of the building was designed by Gerrit Rietveld. I also know that once I open this door, I have twenty seconds until the alarm starts to alert the police, so I have to move ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 5. Vincent Van Gogh Biography Vincent van Gogh was born on March 30, 1853 and died on July 29, 1890. Van Gogh was born in Groot–Zundert, Netherlands and died in Auvers–sur–Oise, France. Van Gogh went to school at Brussels Academy in Bruxelles, Belgium. Vincent was the oldest child of Anna Cornelia Carbentus and Theodorus van Gogh, a pastor of the Dutch Reformed Community. Vincent attended the local village school in 1861 to 1864 for religious education and soon transferred to a boarding school from 1864 to 1866 where he studied and learned English, French and German. He transferred to another school in Tilburg but then transferred again in the middle of his second year there because of the financial struggles of his family. After so much transferring, finally at the age of 16, van Gogh was sent to The Hague to work as a junior clerk for about three years. In 1886, van Gogh relocated to Paris and became influence by Impressionism and Post–impressionism and received exposure to artists such as Pissarro, Monet, and Bernard. From this, he adopted more vibrant ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... From the years 1886 to 1889, Vincent painted over 30 self–portraits. His collection placed him among the most productive self–portraitists of all time and this was used as a method of introspection, a method to make money and developing his artistic skills. Vincent van Gogh's work influences mine by the colors choices, brush strokes and the meaning behind his paintings and portraits. I love to draw and paint flowers, so viewing van Gogh's painting of the Iris makes me want to continue painting more floral pieces, including irises. Also, the meanings behind van Gogh's sketches and paintings influence me to put more meaning behind my artwork and to make them more personal as well so people can understand the vibe that radiates from my ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 6. Vincent Van Gogh Essay Vincent Van Gogh Although he is almost unknown during his brief lifetime, Vincent Willem van Gogh, was born Mar. 30, 1853, in Groot –Zundert, the Netherlands and is today probably the most known and appreciated representative of art. His work became an important bridge between the 19th and 20th centuries; and it was particularly influential . Van Gogh clearly showed artistic talent even as a child, but neither he or his family imagined that painting would become his career. Instead, at the age of 16, he went to work for Goupil and Company, an art gallery with which one of his uncles had long been associated with; he was dismissed in 1876. Other false starts included a job in a Dordrecht bookstore during the spring of 1877, theological... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... During the winter of 1885–86 Van Gogh studied at the academy in Antwerp, where he was forced to draw from plaster casts and to adopt academic principles that did not suit him. He moved to Paris, where he lived with Theo his brother. The Paris period (March 1886–February 1888) is extremely important because it enabled Vincent to see and to hear discussed work of virtually every major artist there. Although van Gogh admired many. During these years van Gogh's style shifted from the darker manner characteristic of his Nuenen period to a postimpressionist style heavily influenced by divisionism . Van Gogh left Paris and moved to Arles in February 1888. His mature work and many of his most famous paintings date from the ensuing year. In October 1888, Paul Gauguin came to live and work with van Gogh. After only 2 months, however, following the first of Vincent's attacks of dementia, he punished himself for trying to stab a close friend Gauguin in which he amputated his own earlobe, Gauguin left, having first summoned Theo from Paris. Thereafter, Vincent was hospitalized until the spring of 1890; he was voluntarily confined in the Asylum of Saint–Paul in Saint–Remy from May 1889 until May 1890. He continued to paint, however, and in June 1889 executed the Starry Night and the extraordinary Self–Portrait (Louvre). In the three months following his release from the hospital in May 1890, at the ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 7. A Brief Biography of Vincent Van Gogh When most people think of Vincent van Gogh, they think of an artist with mental health issues who cut off his own ear. Some stop at that, but others then progress to think of his Starry Night painting. Van Gogh is well known for not becoming famous until after his death. In fact, he sold but one painting during his life, and that was mostly thanks to his brother, Theo. Today, his paintings are some of the most sought after and expensive works ever to be auctioned. However, though most modern art appreciators celebrate his paintings, his life, and are well informed about him, the rest of the world sits by and merely acknowledges him as a talented artist gone awry. It is not wrong to look at a painting and try to figure out what the artist was thinking when they made it, but it is a shame to not also try to understand what led them to that point. Why did they produce it in the first place? This is especially the case with Vincent van Gogh, whose whole life– from birth to death– must be examined. Theodorus van Gogh and Anna Cornelia Carbentus successfully bore their first child on March 30, 1853. Both believed in having a large family and strived for normality and high social status, which proved to be problematic when little Vincent showed early signs of aloofness and strange habits. Though he was especially close with his brother, Theo, growing up, Vincent never really seeked company. For the most part, his childhood was fairly happy, full of routine Bible lessons from his ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 8. Van Gogh Essay examples Vincent Willem van Gogh was born on 30 March 1853 in Zundert, a village in the south of the Netherlands. His father was the protestant minister of the place, but three of his father's brothers were art dealers, and so it is only natural that Vincent became an apprentice at the shop of his uncleVincent van Gogh in The Hague. His uncle had become a partner in the firm of Goupil & Cie, and after having worked in The Hague for four years Vincent was sent to other branches of the Goupil firm, first in London, then in Paris. During the years in London and Paris, Vincent had developed an intense love for the Church and a desire to follow in the footsteps of his father. In England ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... His first drawings from Etten are still very clumsy, but in a few months a great improvement is noticeable, and the progress becomes amazing as soon as he had settled in The Hague (after a row with his father about his refusal to go to church at Christmas). Here he had some help from a very good painter, called Anton Mauve, who also gave him some painting lessons. In the two years that Van Gogh spent in The Hague (1882 –83), he produced some two hundred drawings, most of which are very characteristic figure studies, either after the woman who shared his life in The Hague, Sien Hoornik, or after men and women from an old people's home, but there are also excellent landscapes, such as the views of the gardens and meadows behind his house. One of the most famous of his figure studies is the seated nude, titled Sorrow, for which Sien had sat as a model. This portrait, of which he also made a lithograph, is typical for what his ideal in drawing was; he wanted to achieve more than mere technical perfection: his real aim was expression. He wanted to express the misery of the poor people with whom he was surrounded, and also their dignity. He admired the wood engravings of The Graphic, buying and collecting as many as he could, especially its "Heads of the People," ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 9. The Potato Peeler Analysis The Potato Peeler (1885) (Fig. 1) (reverse: Self–Portrait with a Straw Hat) (1887) (Fig. 2) by Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) is one of many paintings that lack highly saturated hues and colors by van Gogh. Many have a misconception that his darker and less saturated paintings come from a short time in his life when he experimented with dark colors; the reality is that his more saturated paintings were not developed until the last four years of his life and his less saturated pieces come from a longer period in his life. Given how different the two pieces are, one can assume they are unrelated; but they really show how much he grew as an artist and how much he challenged himself to move from less saturated still lifes, portraits, etc. to... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Much, if not all, of his work before 1886 was very similar; he used vibrant color infrequently if it all and painted dark landscapes, still–lifes, and portraits (like The Potato Peeler). It was not until he left for France in 1886 that he decided to focus more on himself, thus transforming his style into what we recognize more easily today. There seems to be a misconception that he had always painted with vibrant colors and little thick strokes; but he only painted using vibrant and highly saturated colors for a brief time in his life as stated before. Van Gogh was influenced by Jean–FranГ§ois Millet to paint rural scenes. In the winter of 1884 to 1885, van Gogh painted more that 40 portrait studies of peasants, including The Potato Peeler (Department of European Paintings). These studies would then lead to his piece The Potato Eaters as seen in Fig. 3. Van Gogh was inspired to portray rural life this way because he "intended to relay to the viewers a feeling of the coarseness of rural life" (Stotland, 387). Van Gogh was more focused on life around him and depicting it in a more humanistic way. Although the use of light and shadow may be exaggerated to some extent, the color stays accurate to what humans do look like. A few more minor pieces were painted after in the same style as The Potato Peeler; but after his move to France, his style changes to the more vibrant and impressionist style we know today. Van Gogh had realized that "the style of ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 10. Frida Kahlo Research Paper A person's state of mind and their emotions can be expressed in numerous ways without a word ever being spoken. In writing, a poet may share their heartbreak through verse, while a musician will spread their joy and happiness through melody. A photographer may express a moment of beauty and awe through a vibrant image, while an artist can use paint to silently convey turmoil using dark colors or shadow. Taking a more in depth look into the visual arts, it is evident that artists will often use their artwork, such as paintings, to convey an autobiographical account of different, but poignant periods in their lives. Some will paint their bare souls on to the canvas, leaving little to contemplated. Others make their loneliness and sadness subtle,... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Frida Kahlo is a celebrated Mexican artist that came from a multi–racial background. Her heritage and other pivotal moments in he life would later be portrayed in many of the fifty–five self–portraits she would paint during her life. Kahlo began painting while in bed recovering from a bus accident that not only left her in a body cast for three months, but with never ending pain throughout her life. Kahlo would begin to pursue the selling and exhibition of artwork. This lead Frida to seek out painter Diego Rivera, hoping that in him she could find a mentor and guide into the art world. They married in 1929 and so began a tumultuous marriage full of infidelities and heartache. Much that happened during their marriage would become subject matter for her painting later deemed part of Surrealism. "Though not an official member of Surrealism, Kahlo's bizarre imagery along with her linear style was reminiscent of Surrealist" paintings, she is often said to be a surrealist painter, through she did not identify with the movement herself. (theartstory.org) After a live of loss, martial owes, and pain, Frida died in 1954, at the age of forty–seven, leaving behind a legacy of painting that spoke volumes concerning her emotion and state of ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 11. Vincent Willem Van Gogh Essay Vincent Willem Van Gogh, of Groot –Zundert, France, was born on March 30, 1853, near the southern Netherlands. He was noted as a troubled, erratic painter by David Sweetman, in his book Van Gogh: His Life and His Times. Anna Cornelia Carbentus and Theodrus van Gogh were the parents of this soon to be phenomenon, and focused their occupations around religion. Theodrus, Cor, Elizabeth, Anna, and Willemina were van Gogh's siblings. The van Gogh unity held the common name "Vincent" throughout generations of their family. Other than his grandfather and great uncle, one year before van Gogh's birth, a stillborn with his name was born, making him the replacement child. Art and religion was effortlessly threaded throughout his family, his... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... A deteriorating relationship existed between Vincent and the Goupil company, resulting him to soon giving up on the career of art dealing. Though unsure of where he wished to pursue himself, van Gogh began teaching gospel to schools for boys, and letters of evidence provide the fact that he enjoyed this occupation. Time back in London in 1876 made it a year of religious exploration for him. Aside from his time at work, he kept museums and galleries of art as open options. Travelling deeper into the subject of religion, Vincent moved into a clergyman position, and began to speak at prayer meetings, all of which added up for experience towards teaching a Sunday sermon. After earning about a year's worth of education in Theology, and a visit home to the Netherlands, he turned back to religion and began preaching in poor regions of Borinage, Belgium. There he preached to unfortunate coal miners and their family in Wasmes, in 1879. Vincent wanted to ease their lives, and do what he could to better their fate. He quickly became fond of the group, to the point where he gave away most of his belongings to those he cared for. The Church classified his actions as asceticism, and dismissed the caring soul. He remained in Borinage, living in profound poverty, aiming to live day by day. He began to draw what he had witnessed, the miners' conditions, and ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 12. Famous Artist Stereotypes Essay Stereotypes are well known among humans and many of us have been faced with the criticism of such stereotypes. One of the most well known stereotypes is those belonging to famous artists. These stereotypes come from many of the movies created about such artists. Some believe that famous artists are someone people that are abnormal or odd in their way of thinking or actions. When asked what comes into someone's mind when asked about famous artists may also be how they are not famous until death. Along with these beliefs, people believe that artists have a very active sex life. Through media, these stereotypes are true but in all actuality, they are not correct. When thinking about famous artists, many people believe that they all suffer from some type of mental illness. Van Gogh is an example of thestereotype . Seventy days after Vincent moves to Auvers–sur–Oise and under the care of Dr. Gachet, he dies from a self–inflicted gunshot wound. Many know the artist to be quite ill mentally along with the fact of Van Gogh cutting his own ear off. The man is known to have had many doctors by his side, checking ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... In Frida, the main character Frida is shown being very active in her sex life. Diego Rivera speaks to Frida about her unfaithfulness in their marriage,"You've broken my heart, Frida." "It hurts doesn't it? But why? It was just a fuck, like a handshake." (Frida). Some people do not realize though that famous artists are not always active in their sex life. Berthe Morisot, a well known artist, marries into a financially and socially stable relationship with the brother of another well known male artist. Though she is married, Berthe is driven in her career to become a well known artist and show her works through exhibitions (Berthe Morisot Biography). Though there are facts proven that not all artists are sexually active, some will continue to prove such ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 13. The Potato Peeler Analysis The Potato Peeler (Fig. 1) (reverse: Self–Portrait with a Straw Hat) (Fig. 2) by Vincent van Gogh (1885) is one of many paintings that lack highly saturated hues and colors by van Gogh. Many have a misconception that his darker and less saturated paintings come from a short time in his life when he experimented with dark colors; the reality is that his more saturated paintings were not developed until the last four years of his life and his less saturated pieces come from a longer period in his life. Given how different the two pieces are, one can assume they are unrelated; they really show how much he grew as an artist and how much he challenged himself to move from less saturated still lifes, portraits, etc. to the more vibrant and... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Much if not all of his work before 1886 was very similar; very little use of vibrant color, subject matter was that of dark landscapes/scenes, still–lifes, and portraits of others (like The Potato Peeler). It was not until he left for France that he decided to focus more on himself, thus transforming his style into what we recognize more easily today. There seems to be a misconception that he had always painted with vibrant colors and little thick strokes; but he only painted this way for a brief time in his life. Van Gogh was influenced by Jean–FranГ§ois Millet to paint rural scenes and life style; it is said that in the winter from 1884 to 1885, Van Gogh painted more that 40 portrait studies of peasants, including The Potato Peeler (Department of European Paintings). These studies would then lead to his piece called The Potato Eaters as seen in Fig. 3 ("The Potato Peeler (reverse: Self–Portrait with a Straw Hat)" ). Van Gogh was inspired to portray rural life this way because he "intended to relay to the viewers a feeling of the coarseness of rural life" (Stotland, 387). Van Gogh was more focused on life around him and depicting it in a more humanistic way. Although the use of light and shadow may be exaggerated to some extent, the color stays accurate to what humans do look like. A few more minor pieces were painted after in the same style as The Potato Peeler; but after his move to France, his style changes to the more vibrant and impressionist style we know ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 14. Museum Trip: Vincent Van Gogh Museum Trip From my Museum visit Research Paper I went to the Art Institute of Chicago. When I got there I saw the Van Gogh's Bedrooms exhibit. It was there main exhibit at the time I thought I would interesting to see his work in person. They were the bedroom in Arles the second versions to be exact not the sketches. The Art Institute had all three of the paintings there. I was drawn to this because I like to see what he tried differently form painting to painting. I wanted to see what he changed and what he kept so this was a perfect work to pick. The artist was Vincent van Gogh. He was born on March 30th, 1853 in Zundert, Netherlands and pasted on July 29, 1890. He was 37 when he died by a self–inflicted gunshot wound in Auvers–sur–Oise, ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... It was to show the tranquility of his room thought its simplicity and tranquility. Which I believe it captures quite well. There isn't too much clutter talking over the painting and it use a lot of simple lines. He wanted to capture the room in colors which is what I think he did quite well. It was interesting to see him change the color thought–out the process of painting the three different versions. He also mentions how he is referring to Japan in these works. "The Japanese lived in very simple interiors, and what great artists have lived in that country" (Musee–orsay). He goes on the say that the Japanese might now find his room simple seeing that there are paintings on the ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 15. Vincent Van Gogh Research Paper Vincent William van Gogh was a Dutch Post–Impressionist artist who was most famous and significant figure in the history of Western art. Vincent William van Gogh was born on March 30, 1853, in Groot–Zundert. He was named after his grandfather and his brother who died at birth one year before he was born. His painting was notable for its beauty, emotion, and colors of depth which was highly influenced by the 20th–century art. During his life, he was struggling with mental illness and remained poor throughout his life. On July 29, 1890, at Auvers–sur–Oise, Vincent van Gogh died in France at the age of 37 from a self–inflicted gunshot wound. Vincent Van Gogh was born as the second of six children into a religious Dutch Reformed Church family in ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 16. Reviewing Downie's Guidebook for Paris write a two page essay explaining which locations and subjects were of interest to you. What specifically intrigued you and why are they important to tourism? How does a book like this prepare a tourist for their visit? Introduction Paris is a tantalizing place and Downie made it seem all the more so with his unique approach to describing it. It was quite difficult to select one specific place to explore since all seemed so tantalizing, but I eventually settled on the ГЋle de Saint Louis as being the most attractive location. Many of the subjects and locations covered by Downie tantalized me. These were not only the more famous locations and topics such as the Seine, the Place des Vosges, Coco Chanel, and Vincent van Gogh, but even more insignificant locations. Tantalizing too was what Downie called the Paris underneath Paris (I..e all of the tunnels, nooks, crannies, and catacombs which lie under the city proper),. Loving the sea and water in general, I was attracted to "The Boat People of the Seine," and would love to live (temporarily at least) amongst those who make their home and livelihoods on the pГ©niches (cargo–cum–houseboats) of Paris's waterways . Downie's chapter on "Night Walking" was equally attractive in a different way. It is hard for me to choose any one site above another, but I would like to mix the famous sights such as Versailles and, of course, museums and ancient places with walks along the quiet quaint cobbled streets, and along the rivers with ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 17. Vincent Van Gogh Research Papers Vincent Van Gogh was a post–impressionist painter, born in the Netherlands on March 30, 1853. He died on July 29, 1890, in France at the age of 37. Sadly, Vincent was poor and virtually unknown his entire life. Currently his work is known for its beauty, emotion, and color, and although he tried many times never sold a single painting. Van Gogh struggled with mental illness, despite this, his work highly influenced 20th century art and still wildly popular today. Van Gogh's passion for art likely began as a child. His mother, Anna Cornelio Carbentus, was an emotional artist, with a love of nature, drawing and watercolors. As a child Van Gogh was a mildly sad child. At ag 15, his family was having financially issues, and was forced to leave school to work. He got a job working for his Uncle Cornelis, at and art dealership, Goupil & Cie. Van Gogh, by this point, was already fluent in French, German, and English, and of course Dutch. In June of 1873, Van Gogh was transferred to the Groupil Gallery in London. When he did, he fell in love with the English culture. He enjoyed reading Charles Dickens and George Eliot, and visited art galleries whenever he could. He as well fell in love with his landlady's daughter, Eugenie Loyer, who he proposed to. When she turned him down he completely broke down, throwing away all his book... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Even though he was raised by a religious family, this is when he really started to consider devoting his life to the church. Wishing to become a minister. He tried several other times to start a career, but either refused to take the final exams, or was disliked by the committee. It wasn't until the fall of 1880 that Van Gogh decided to become and artist. He moved to Brussels to pursue his goal. Vincent's younger brother Theo, an art dealer, wanted to support him financially. He began studying books like Travaux des chanps, and Course de ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 18. Grit Of Gogh Research Paper The Grit of Gogh "I put my heart and soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process."– Vincent Van Gogh. Grit is having the effort to achieve something despite the obstacles. Grit is an intense desire to achieve your goals. Grit is adapting well in the face of tragedy or trauma. Vincent Van Gogh was a man with an immeasurable amount of grit. Vincent Van Gogh used perseverance, passion, and resilience to overcome the hardship he faced in his life. To begin with, Vincent Van Gogh used perseverance to overcome obstacles in his life. First, Vincent was born into a very poor family. Due to this setback, Vincent would use peasants as models for many of his drawings and paintings. Secondly, would be that Vincent only sold one painting in his lifetime called "The Red Vineyard" according to the Van Gogh Gallery. Even though it was a discouragement to him, he continued to create art. "Only when I fall do I get up again."– Van Gogh. Thirdly, is that Vincent Van Gogh was a self –taught artist with little to no training. Since he taught himself, he did not have as much knowledge about techniques as other artists did, but gave his art more personality and life. For all of these reasons Vincent... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... For example, Vincent suffered from temporal lobe epilepsy, a chronic neurological condition which, led him to experience unprovoked seizures. Even with a horrible condition like this it allowed Vincent to see so much more beauty in the world, which he incorporated into his artwork. In fact, Vincent's first influence came from his mother states BlogSpot. Vincent's mother, was a highly skilled artist and under her wing, he soon inspired to become an artist. A final example, of how Vincent had passion is that he poured his heart and soul out in his work. This example is powerful because we see his passion today as well, in museums and books. All of these examples show how much passion Vincent Van Gogh ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 19. Vincent Van Gogh Research Paper How would it feel to live your life as a failure, but after your death be praised by all? The real Vincent Van Gogh was an artist who had nothing and gave up on life. Many people viewed him as a tenacious and mysterious artist. He died a tragic death feeling like an artistic failure due to a couple of reasons. The first reason was because there were no cures for the mental problems, such as depression, insanity, and epilepsy, that ran in the family. Because of his depression, he felt like an artistic failure, not knowing the fame he would later gain. Van Gogh died as an unknown artist with little money and no cure for an issue that was common throughout his family. Without a doubt, the number one reason for his death was mental issues and ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 20. Vincent Willem Van Gogh Of The Protestant Church Vincent Willem Van Gogh was born to Anna Cornelia Carbentus and Reverend Theodorus van Gogh of the protestant church on March 30th, 1853. Exactly a year to the date after their first child was stillborn. Biographers speculate that being the replacement child of his brother, who Vincent was the namesake of, could have added to his psychological trauma. There however is no historical evidence of this being factual. While not is known much about Vincent, we do know that he was a quiet child and spent little to no time in the arts that would one day make him famous. In his adolescence Vincent had attended multiple schools, including a boarding school in Zevenbergen for two years and then went on to attend the King Willem II secondary school in Tilburg for two more years. By the time Vincent was 15 he had left his studies for good. After leaving his studies, Vincent acquired a job at Goupil & Cie., a firm of art dealers in The Hague, in 1869. Many of the people in Vincents family worked at Goupil & Cie., including two of his uncles and later his brother Theo. Vincent thoroughly enjoyed his job as an art dealer, and stayed in the Netherlands branch for seven years, and was even transferred to the London branch of the firm. By 1875 Vincent was transferred to the Paris branch of Goupil & Cie., Vincent soon grew tired of dealing paintings and by March of the next year he had left the firm and returned to England. In April of that year he began teaching at a school in Ramsgate where ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 21. Comparing The Starry Night And The Scream The Starry Night and The Scream Vincent Van Gogh was born in the Netherlands on March 30, 1853. He pursued many other things in his life before deciding to become an artist. He was brought up in a religious atmosphere, being the son of a preacher. He was a preacher himself for a while in Borinage, a mining district in Belgium. At one point he wanted to dedicate his life to reaching out to those in poverty. At other points in his life he worked as an art salesman and a bookstore clerk. After being dismissed from preaching in Belgium, he remained there and began to study art. This period, his early Dutch period, was characterized by somber tones and sharp lighting. The most famous painting to come from this period was in 1885 and was called "The Potato Eaters". In 1886, he joined his brother Theo in Paris. He was involved in the art world as well, as a manager of Goupil's gallery. Van Gogh began to study with Cormon and his dark somber palette began to lighten. He started using short brush strokes and was leaning more towards the Impressionist style (Vincent Van GoghBio). Van Gogh had a dream of establishing an art school and traveled south to Arles to pursue that dream. He wanted his friends to join him, and Gauguin was the only one that did. His relationship with Gaugin did not end well though. It's not certain exactly what happened, but there were disputes between the two of them and it ended with a portion of Van Gogh's earlobe being cut off. Around this time, the end of ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 22. Post Impressionism Art Analysis The Impression of Post–Impressionism Art The Impressionism era was a very important movement in the history of art. The artists under that movement were not very popular since the style was very different. The product of Impressionism, Post–Impressionism has a more distorted,expressive style because their rules in terms of content were more free. I will compare and contrast the paintings of this era, Houses at Auvers by Vincent van Gogh, Goldfish by Henri Matisse, and Mont Sainte Victoire by Paul CГ©zanne. The work of art Houses at Auvers by Vincent van Gogh was made after he left the asylum at Saint RГ©my de Provence. He admitted himself there because he was very sad and before he arrived he cut off his ear and gave it to a prostitute as a gift. He only resided there for a short amount of time (the end of 1888–1890) because he became bored. As a result, he moved to Auvers–sur–Oise, northwest of Paris. There, he painted Houses at Auvers in June of 1890 which was one of several works of art made before his suicide in the same year. Houses at Auvers depicts a landscape of early summer in Auvers–sur–Oise. It's medium,
  • 23. like most paintings in this era, is oil on canvas. In this work of art, viewers can see that the function is for the visual aesthetic, since Van Gogh was really embracing his surroundings by how he painted it. He used a lot of different values of color, especially the greens in the trees, grass, and bushes. Lines and brushstrokes ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 24. Misconceptions Of Impressionist Art Impressionist Art When you hear about impressionist art what is the first thing that you think of? Most people think about old French styled paintings. Impressionist art isn't just old styled paintings formed in France by the French. Impressionist art varies to many different things and different styles. Impressionist art became a huge style of art form during the 17th to the 19th century. During the 17th, 18th, and 19th century there were quite a few artists who were considered an impressionist artist. Although the first person to be considered "the first impressionist" was Edouard Manet. Manet showed and proved that it was, and still is, possible to create a piece of artwork where the subtle depictions of light can be accomplished as ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Art has formed into many types of styles and have had huge impacts in different eras. The art back then is very much different than how our art is today. We have art museums and art shows to whereas back then they didn't have as much as we do in this generation. There are a few misconceptions about impressionism. Impressionism influenced the multitude of movements that impressionism spawned. Modern art was firmly modern from the impressionists. The impressionists studied light to the –nth degree. They studied light by looking long and hard at how light is reflected, absorbed, and how how it registers colors into our brains. They then tried to recreate light by using brushes and paints and combining them to create a visual representation. There was a key item to help with impressionism. That was the color theory. The color theory is a body of practical guidance to color mixing and the visual effects of a specific color combination. The color theory was formed by the French chemist Michel– Eugene Chevreul. The color theory was published in in 1839. Not everybody understood Chevreul's color theory but the impressionists were some of the first few people that were able to make an understanding and use this ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 25. Vincent Van Gogh Research Paper Vincent van Gogh was born with his name and birthdate already etched onto a tombstone. Vincent van Gogh was born on March 30, 1853 in Zundert, Netherlands to Theodorus van Gogh and Anna Cornelia Carbentus. His mother, Anna had a love for drawing which was passed on to Vincent and his father Theodorus was a country minister. When he was eleven he was moved from the village school in Zundert to a boarding school in Zevenbergen where he was unhappy because he had to leave his family. Around the age of thirteen Vincent was then transferred to a secondary school in Tilburg where he earned good grades but in March, 1968 he abruptly quit school for unknown reasons. In Fact in one of his letters to his brother Theo, who he was very close to,... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Vincent took drawing classes from Anton Mauve and his uncle gave him his first commission which was twelve drawings of the city view. In 1884 he rented a large space in Nuenen which was home to many farmers, rural laborers and weavers and that's who he painted and sketched. He gave Theo some of his works to sell but that didn't work out because his works had a dark tone and the French preferred color. In 1885 after his father died he moved out of his family home and into his studio where he started working on The Potato Eaters (1885). During that year he enrolled in an art academy in Antwerp where he found the classes too traditional for him. He went to stay with Theo in Paris in 1886 and Theo introduced him to colorful arts of modern artists like Claude Monet. Also he met a group of post–impressionist artists at Fernand Cormon's studio which influenced and inspired him to use brighter colors. He started using short brush strokes and painting cafes and boulevards. He also found inspiration in Japanese woodcuts and started to collect and study them. Vincent moved to Arles and he loved it there because of the bright light and colors. He had a plan to set up a "Studio of the South" there ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 26. Van Gogh: The Expressionist Essay "What lives in art and is eternally living, is first of all the painter, and then the painting." – Vincent Van Gogh Expressionism is an art form in which the very style itself and the symbols that the artist uses are meant to express his innermost feelings on the subject. Vincent van Gogh has often been hailed as the quintessential expressionist painter. His artwork covers a range of moods over the years, and his canvases are almost mirrors into his troubled soul. Vincent van Gogh lived a troubled life. He once described his childhood as " cold, gloomy and sterile." He alienated himself from his parents and siblings by being a stubborn and reclusive child. He was clumsy, uncommunicative, and lived an early life of ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... His scenes are dark and hopeless, with few random splashes of light. This combination of personal shortcomings led to van Gogh's stints with being an assistant teacher and a bookseller. He failed miserably in both cases. His parents, frustrated with supporting their "failure" of a son, begged him to become a minister. He entered into Theology, but soon realized that he lacked the ability to learn the math and foreign languages necessary. Nonetheless, he did eventually enter an evangelical school, and went on to become a local priest in Brussels. Van Gogh drew new inspiration from working with the poor peasant class in Brussels. While he found it extremely difficult to communicate his religious viewpoints to them, he was a saint in other ways. He was known to give away his own sparse clothing and money to help them. He became fascinated by their plight, but somehow, living with them began to draw him down to their level. Their harsh living conditions and suffering made him lose faith in religion. In effect, ironically, his congregation converted him! At this point in time, he became fascinated by their charcoal drawings and by scenes of everyday life in utter poverty. One of his most acclaimed paintings from this period is "The Potato Eaters." This depicts a set of elderly people during the Great Potato Famine in Ireland. The colours are dark and dreary greys, blues, greens and browns, and they are sharing a sparse meal of potatoes and broth. One can ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 27. Rain At Auvers Artist: Vincent Van Gogh Name of Piece: Rain At Auvers Description – Verbal From the piece of artwork "Rain at the Auvers". I can see roofs of houses that are tucked into a valley, trees hiding the town, black birds, clouds upon the horizon, hills, vegetation, a dark stormy sky and rain. The artistic style is brush stroke? Aesthetic is the function or purpose of the work. The subject genre is still life. The image is impressionism. Oil and Crayon Watercolour paint was used with a variety of different style brushes. It is a natural piece The Rain of Auvers can be found at the National Museum of Wales Analysis The colours used in the artwork are earthy tones with various browns, greens, yellows, blues and some ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... The colour used is important to the artwork because together they create a place of tranquillity meeting on coming havoc. The lines that are used do not outline individual objects in the painting but define the shapes of each. They show the direction that the artist took when painting this particular art piece. They are delicate and sensitive lines in the sense that they are not always visible but they still define the object. The painting has been painted to a deep 2D form. This form creates an illusion of a large amount of space. As if to create the illusion that you were looking out past the village towards the horizon. This was important so to capture the full effect of havoc reaching the harmony. The shape of the artwork is soft and flowing into each section. By using this format the artist has created a piece of volume and depth.
  • 28. Interpretation A peaceful village in a sense of harmony with an on coming storm, darkness and gloom. The black birds are flying out of the impending doom to shelter. My interpretation of what is happening is the village is peaceful sort of like the soul and then the storm comes and suddenly everything is in havoc. As if the painter had some form of inner turmoil when painting. The painter is trying to say that nothing is ever peaceful forever and eventually darkness will come. He was looking out over the village and saw the oncoming storm on the horizon and the black birds fleeing and it reflected his inner ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 29. Paintings of the Old Masters Look at the color red, a color known for its beauty and while it may not be in everybody's catalogue of beauty, it cannot be denied of its intensity. If one is showed a stunning painting of a red rose, one of the descriptions that could apply to that paining is beauty: seeing such an elegant spectacle of nature being emulated on paper can be quite stimulating. Another description that could be associated with a red rose is passion, as such a color may leave one energized and spontaneous; however how would one respond if they were told that the painting of the rose was painted with blood. Now a painting that once may have suggested the aspects of beauty and passion, may stir descriptions such as fear, aggression, danger and yet passion as well; therefore, bringing one to the understanding that "Every image embodies a way of seeing" (Berger, 142). This is why paintings should be viewed as a spectacle; hence, this brings me to the painting I was presented with by John Berger in his book Ways of seeing in which he argues how through reproduction the modern context of the Old Masters' paintings severed them from what they meant in the time of their production. The painting that demanded my attention was Wheatfield with Crows by Van Gogh, something that may seem simple at first but is rich with emotion. Through such a work of art I've come to understand that paintings are a medium where an artist can illustrate his words/feelings and express ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 30. Vincent Van Gogh Research Paper Directly after his death, the first bibliography for Vincent Van Gogh was written, by Emile Bernard, who was a painter and friend of Vincent's. It was three pages long and discussed his aspirations as well as his love for his brother Theo. Emile Bernard continued to celebrate Vincent's life by later publishing some of the letters he had written. Vincent's sister Elisabeth later published a booklet of poetry detailing his life. This brought forth the attention of many others who knew Van Gogh to then write about him as well. Later, in the Municipal Museum in Amsterdam, hundreds of his drawings and paintings were displayed. After 1914, many publications of letters, art, and biographies were published in remembrance of Vincent Van Gogh's work ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 31. Vincent Van Gogh's Accomplishments I found it highly enjoyable to explore the unique artwork that the RISD Museum put on display. Many art museums I have visited in the past, only sees to show drawings, paintings, or maybe photographs. I thought it was neat that this museum expanded their artwork to kitchenware, furniture, and architectural pieces as well. Although there were so many art pieces I appreciated, I especially took interest in the Auvers–Sur–Oise by Vincent van Gogh. Vincent van Gogh is widely known for his artistic talent. Various artists tend to create their own unique style that appears in their strand of artwork. Vincent van Gogh's artwork in my eyes is more distinct than anyone else's. The second I looked at the canvas I knew it was Vincent van Gogh's work. Most of the time people only consider the art piece in front of them and... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... I am no expert on Vincent van Gogh, but from what I know about him, his life was very intriguing to me. Due to the fact that I found Gogh to be such a fascinating man, his art was even more interesting to examine. As a psychology major maybe it's in my nature to analysis certain things more intricately than others. Except, I find more meaning behind Gogh's paintings than just a marvelous piece of artwork. In this case, Vincent van Gogh was able to illustrate something as simple as a river, church, and the surrounding landscape, and I was still able to extract intense emotion from his picture. The different textural patterns he uses represents a different emotion for me. For instance, the yellow landscape is more of a cheerful feeling while the green tree's feel more like a dark and angst emotion. Vincent van Gogh, was a man who unfortunately struggled with mental illness. I believe his artwork was a major outlet for him to ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 32. Vincent Van Gogh Research Paper Vincent Van Gogh was born on March, 30 1853 in the town of Zundert in the Netherlands. He died at the age of thirty–seven on July 20, 1890 in Auvers–sur–Oise, France. Van Gogh primarily worked in oil paints on canvas or board. Some of his works include, The Starry Night, Irises, and the Night Cafe. He used oil paints as his main media. The art he created was primarily expressionistic and impressionistic. Expressionism is a unique type of painting, music, or theatrics in which the artist tries to express emotional experience rather than impressions of the external world. Impressionism is a style in painting starting in France in the 1860s, distinguished by a concern with depicting the visual impression of the moment, most likely in terms ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Edouard Manet's artwork is similar to Van Gogh's by how both of the two painted multiple cafe scenes. Edouard's artwork is different to Vincent's in how Edouard also did Realism along with Impressionism, while Van Gogh focused mostly on Impressionism. Edgar Degas's artwork is similar to Van Gogh's in how both artists used a brushstroke technique in many paintings. Degas's artwork is different than Van Gogh's in how Degas used photography in his creative process. Van Gogh's artwork is similar to Claude Monet's in by how they both used many colors in their paintings which overlapped other colors. Monet's artwork is different than Van Gogh's in how Monet rarely, if ever, used browns, or earth colors in his work. Van gogh however often used dark earthy colors in his ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 33. Vincent Van Gogh And Oscar Wilde's The Decay Of Lying Things as They Really Are In his essay "The Decay of Lying", Oscar Wilde wrote, "No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist." This prominent playwright believed that the purpose of art stood in distortion and adornment. However, in comparing Point Reyes Country Road by Asha Carolyn Young and Wheatfield with Crows byVincent van Gogh, I made the conclusion that the Wilde's statement is false. Many different forms of art exist, and whether it is realistic, abstract, or anything else; all art styles should be recognized as "art". Although the style is different, the result that they provide to the audience is the same– a reaction in a human sense or emotion. Even at first glance, you can tell ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Young's painting comes from the coast of North California, on a bright summer day, possibly on the way to Point Reyes National Seashore for a vacation. Born privileged, Young lives with hope and faith in Art and the Great Spirit. Van Gogh's painting comes from Auvers –sur–Oise, a rural area in France while he struggled with financial instability and other mental issues. Van Gogh shot himself, but a month before his demise, he produced more than 70 pieces of art. Because Wheatfield with Crows was the last piece of his life, the emotions that he felt throughout his poor, disregarded, and sordid life were condensed into this one painting. That changes a lot of things about how the audience views the painting, doesn't it? Art can tell people's stories even through ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 34. Vincent van Gogh Essay Vincent van Gogh In present time, Vincent van Gogh is probably the most widely known and highly appreciated person of postimpressionism. During his brief lifetime, Vincent's work went almost unknown to this world. His work now hangs in countless museums throughout the world and is considered priceless. His work became an important bridge between the 19th and 20th centuries. The art–historical term, Postimpressionism was coined by Roger Fry a British art critic, who described the various styles of painting that flourished during the period from about 1880 to 1910 (Britannica). It was generally used for a convenient way to group together the generation of artists who sought new forms of expression during a pictorial revolution ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Vincent was eventually transferred to the London Branch, where he started a series of disastrous love affairs. After four years of work he lost his job due to the lack of his everyday responsibilities. At the age of twenty–three, Vincent's mental state began to deteriorate. He developed a strong sense of religious devotion and took an unpaid position at a small boarding school in Ramsgate, England. In 1880 Van Gogh started to focus on art as a career and not just a hobby. After a brief stay at the University of Amsterdam studying theology, Vincent chose art as a vocation and became dependent on his brother Theo for money. In the spring of 1880 his brother wrote to him and said, "Vincent, what is the matter?" (Burra). In the letter there was some money. Though he knew the proper thing to do was to return it, it felt good for him to have a square meal again. For the next ten years his brother, Theo, continued to send him money and Vincent began to paint feverishly to the end of his life. Theo and his parents regarded Vincent's passion for books as the root of all his trouble (Meier–Graefe). They felt that since he stopped being an art dealer he had somehow deserted art. They could not have been farther from the truth. Many of the letters written from Vincent and Theo have now become such an extraordinary source of knowledge to Van Gogh life. From 1881 to 1885 van Gogh lived in the Netherlands. In keeping with his humanitarian outlook he painted ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 35. Vincent Van Gogh's Influence On 20th-Century Art Van Gogh's Health Van Gogh was a Dutch Impressionist painter whose work had a far–reaching influence on 20th–century art. Research shows In Van Gogh's Book 'Vincent's Choice' that he suffered from various conditions such as epilepsy, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, MГ©niГЁre's disease and also syphilis that he suffered with up until the day he committed suicide. Fighting with the numerous medical conditions through out his artistic life." Real painters do not paint things as they are... they paint them as they themselves feel them to be. http://www.theartstory.org /artist–van–gogh–vincent.htm Giving a description on what his perception of what a real painter is and how emotions reflect through his artistic experience. Vincent Van Goghexperienced numerous jobs and love pursuits, all ending in a dramatic breakdown. His response to these experiences however, demonstrates a genetic and mental abnormality, causing behaviors that separated those around him. He became to be more isolated from society and began to pour all of his energies into painting, which progressed through past experiences. Many people in Van Gogh's life justifiably believe that his eccentricities, which were observable from a young... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... He also mentions throughout out his letters about numerous medical occurrences, episodes of madness when he used absinthe and had seizures, he maintained a remarkable degree of lucidity during his stormy life. "If you know that it is dangerous for you to have colors near you, why don't you clear them away for a time, and make drawings?" Theo van Gogh. Letter to Vincent van Gogh. Written 3 January 1890 in Saint–RГ©my. Translated by Mrs. Johanna van Gogh–Bonger, edited by Robert Harrison, number ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 36. Paul Cezanne On The Banks Of A River Analysis The mesmerizing painting created by the 20th Century French artist Paul Cezanne portrays how even incomplete works are capable of depicting its own form of art and overall experience. His painting On the Banks of a River is constructed using oil on canvas and is an unfinished lifelike rendering of a natural scenery; well–preserved today at the RISD Museum. Cezanne's process of painting and his techniques are clearly discernible in this early stage of art. Likely using a wide brush, his paint strokes are both purposeful and confident where his objective is to present only the most vital parts of the piece and each object's location, creating an artwork made up of blocky, thick, and layered strokes similar to that of impasto paintings (a technique that layers large amounts of paint in order to form a larger picture). From close up it is challenging to distinguish the subject of the painting besides multicolored blotches of paint, but at a distance one can grasp the different shapes and colors merge to form a complete landscape. There are also three layers to this work, each diverse and together offers a sense of depth in the form of overlapping grounds and value contrasts. The foreground is the warmest, composed mainly of a sandy yellow color dotted with gray streaks possibly representative of stones or pavement, with some blue highlights to contrast the dirty yellow. The middle ground is the most detailed and consists of many dark colors and bright red and yellow geometric ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 37. Vincent Van Gogh Research Paper Vincent Van Gogh was born on March 30, 1853 at the Zundart Netherlands. Vincent Van Gogh was a post impressionist. Van Gogh's paintings stand out from other artists of his time. The colors he used most were lemon yellow and blue. His self–portraits are wet with blue background, coat, and eyes, and with a yellow face, beard, and hair. Stars and books, which were his passion, were painted yellow. He had nine people in his family Vincent Van Goghwas born the second of six children into a religious Dutch Reformed Church family in the south of the Netherlands. His father, Theodorus Van Gogh, was a clergyman and his mother, Anna Cornelia Carbentus, was the daughter of a bookseller. Van Gogh exhibited unstable moods during his childhood, one of his favorite things to do were to paint. Though he excelled at different languages like French and English while attending two boarding schools. In 1868, he abandoned his studies and never successfully returned to formal schooling. ... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... That eventually influenced him to use brighter colors in his artwork and use more vibrant colors. The Starry Night are one of Vincent Van Gogh's most famous paintings. The Starry Night was painted from a memory that he had. And wasn't painted from a landscape. The landscape was formed using curves and forms of short lines he also used a form of swirling lines and texture. He used blue, white, and yellow lines to paint the piece. And it became one of his most famous pieces of art. He finished the art piece in 1889. Van Gogh was really good at what he did I really liked the Starry Night over Rhone painting it looked really realistic. I liked the way he always painted the sky or painted things in nature. He used the same colors that he used in the Starry Night to paint the art piece Starry Night Over ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 38. Vincent Van Gogh Struggles Vincent Van Gogh famously stated,"If you hear a voice in you say 'you cannot paint', then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced."One would never engage in an activity in which you have no skill. To achieve this skill you must engage in this activity frequently and learn from one's errors. The only thing that will detain you from achieving this is doubt and fear. Vincent Van Goghhad perseverance and did not cease his love for painting. He is a famous figure in art history hence he had a thrilling and intriguing life and stood out from most painters from his time. Vincent had many struggles in life mentally, emotionally, and physically. But he assimilated from these and carried on with his life, which was mostly traveling,... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... Vincent was secretive and did not blend in with other children. Elisabeth later claimed "not only were his little brothers and sisters like a stranger to him, but he was a stranger to himself as well.(Vincent pg 7 paragraph 5)" however, he would engage in the family life and show affection in his home circle. Vincent could be in a moment of excitement and then in a moment of depression and sadness. There were multiple moments that impacted Vincent's life. He traveled to many places to work and never saw hope in life until he met and fell in love with Ursula ( who was his landlady's daughter). When Vincent gained enough courage, he avowed his love for her and also asked her to marry him. She laughed claiming she was already engaged and Vincent, after hearing this, became heartbroken and returned to his depressing state with the belief that there is no hope in life. Furthermore, Vincent was mentally challenged, he became fixated and close to God and the bible. It behooved him to become a pastor like his father, and so he did. He wanted to send God's message to the crowd in sermons but became too obsessed. Vincent had a "fervent sense of vocation but was handicapped by his instability, his excessive zeal and exaggeration he displayed in everything he took up. Once, he attempted to persuade his listeners that, 'sorrow is better than joy' ( Vincent pg 18 paragraph 6)." Furthermore, at the age of 27, he chose drawing as "his medium of expression with the ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 39. Impressionist Art : Vincent Van Gogh And Edgar Degas Impressionism This paper will discuss two iconic impressionist artist, Vincent Van Gogh and Edgar Degas. I will give details on these two artist lives, and see how they use impressionism to make their beautiful paintings like, Vincent Van Gogh's "The Starry Night" and Edgar Degas' "Dancers in Blue". I will explain how Lucy Lipids 3–pronged analysis can apply to both of these paintings, and how a few of the Gestalt Principles can be seen in these painting. Impressionism is a late French 19th century art movement, which was all about the impression of art. The point was to emphasize the artist's perception of the subject matter as much as the subject itself. More like if you had only just caught a glimpse of it, but could still recognize the subject. It incorporated new scientific research into the physics of color to achieve a more exact representation of color and tone. Someone using this style would apply paint in small touches of pure color rather than in broader strokes. Detail wasn't something to worry about with this style it even lead to another style of art called pointillism. They were paintings with small dots, which gave them a greater sense of vibrancy when seen from a distance. This would cause a shimmering effect. Vincent Van Goghwas born March 30, 1853 in Zundert, Netherlands, and shot himself on July 27, 1890 and died from the wound on July 30, 1890 at the age of 37 in Auvers–sur–Oise, France. He was the son of a pastor (Theodorus van Gogh) and always ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 40. Van Gogh's 'Portrait Of Dr. Gachet' Van Gogh "Portrait of Dr. Gachet" Art has been a big part of our lives for a long time now. That art has been a way how people express how they feel, and tell a story to the world. For instance, one of the famous portraits from Van Gogh was the portrait of "Dr.Gachet", there are two versions of the paintings, but they both show Gachet is sitting at the table, leaning his head with his right arm the only difference is they are both slightly different with the color and style. The original portrait was born in June 1890 at Auvers–sur–Oise, France, and the second painting was born in June 1890 as well but it took location in MusГ©e d'Orsay, Paris. The original painting was sold on May 16, 1990, in a Japanese gallery for $82.5 million the highest ever price for a painting at that moment and is still the highest paid for a portrait at a public auction. Van Gogh... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ... The painting of "Dr.Gachet" is an oil canvas and measures to 67 cm x 58 cm (23.4 in x 22.0 in). Dr. Gachet was one of the reasons why Gogh painted the portrait. In 1890, Van Gogh's brother Theo was searching for a Saint–RГ©my, that a former patient of the doctor Camille Pissarro recommended Theo, Gogh's brother and told him about the interest Dr.Gachet has to work with artists. His brother sent Gogh to his second home in Auvers and that is when Dr.Gachet and Van Gogh met on May 20, 1890. Van Gogh and Dr. Gachet had a very close relationship that Gogh would say he felt like he found himself a "new brother". That is why he did a portrait of him as an appreciation of his "brother" Dr.Gachet for bringing him into his care after coming out of the asylum and took care of him during his final months of life. In 1890 Van Gogh wrote a letter to his ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...
  • 41. Van Gogh And Starry Night While researching Vincent Van Gogh, I found out several interesting facts about him that I previously didn't know. I also found out information on one of his famous paintings, Starry Night . My goal for this essay is to provide information and insight into both van Gogh and Starry Night. Vincent Willem van Gogh was a post impressionist painter. He was born in Zundert, Netherlands on March 30, 1853 and died in Auvers–sur–Oise, France on July 29, 1890. As a child, van Gogh had a bad temperament that stopped his pursuits in their tracks, and by the age of 27 he was, or had been, a french tutor and a salesman in an art gallery among other things. Many of his first paintings, such as Potato Eaters (1885, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam), reflected his experiences as a preacher. Some would say that his early work was dark and somber, sometimes even crude, providing evidence of his desire to express the misery and poverty of humanity though his eyes. In 1886, van Gogh went to Paris, France to live with his brother Theo van Gogh, who was an art dealer, and became well known with the new art movements being developed at the time. During that period, van Gogh began to experiment with current techniques after being influenced by the impressionists work and that of such Japanese printmakers as Hiroshige and Hokusai, and ... Get more on HelpWriting.net ...