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    Based on color‚ detail‚ and shape; Van Gogh’s painting draws the eye of the viewer and extends the imagination much more than the recent image does. Upon reading the assignment and searching for the options to choose from‚ I found myself struck bored. It was only until turning the page that my brain went‚ “Whoa!” The right image drew my eye immediately with its dark purple background‚ and then I turned to see the contrasting image on the left of the same exact building; making me want to examine

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    art is born;his name is Vincent Van Gogh. Van Gogh lived a tragic life facing many struggles and several triumphs‚but he will always be remembered in history for being one of the most inspirational artists. Growing up Van Gogh’s family was fairly big:his family consisted of his parents‚three sisters‚two brothers‚ and of course Van Gogh himself. Van Gogh was also a troubled child‚ however‚ he noticeably was attached to his younger brother Theo‚who is an immense part of Van Gogh’s life. Vincent’s father

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    interpretation of the viewer. The language of Art is like the body language on a persons face‚ the story is shown and emotion conveyed through the textures‚ colours and composition. The artists‚ Freydoon Rassouli‚ Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn and and Vincent Van Gogh will be used to examine this principle. The works of these artists‚ are for them‚ a way of showing the self within. They take their emotions‚ influences and through a chosen topic in a thematic sense‚ splash it across a canvass with

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    Vincent Van Gogh's Life

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    Vincent van Gogh is one of the most important figures in art history. His works are recognized all across the world for their bright colors and his extraordinary style of painting. Vincent based his art off of his life which was filled with heartbreak‚ childhood troubles and mental disabilities. He lived a rough life of 37 years full of mental and physical health conditions. These conditions were not his only problem. He had many problems finding love‚ which he never did and he had problems growing

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    With only 13 years between the births of the two artists‚ we could say that Claude Monet and Vincent Van Gogh were born in the same period. They may have been born quite close together but both men discovered art was their vocations almost 20 years apart‚ which may have been why they are such different artists. Monet had a head start on Van Gogh as he was introduced to art at a very young age. Monet also had a mentor who taught him the tricks of the trade and pushed him from caricatures to landscape

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    September 9‚ 2012 “Starry Night” by Vincent Van Gogh “Starry Night” was created by Vincent Van Gogh. It is one of the most popular paintings‚ also being one of the most replicated and sought after prints. The “Starry Night” was painted in 1889. The painting is oil on canvas and is 29 x 36 1/4". It is located at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City‚ New York. The painting is of the night sky‚ with clouds swirling‚ the stars shining bright‚ a crescent moon glowing above‚ a sleeping town below

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    your palette blue and grey‚ look out on a summer’s day‚ with eyes that know the darkness in my soul.” (Don MacLean) I chose to write about the painting‚ The Starry Night by Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh. Van Gogh painted the view outside his sanitarium room window located in southern France at night. But Van Gogh painted it from memory during the day. I feel that this painting has Asymmetrical Balance. From our handouts – “In this case balance is achieved with dissimilar objects that have equal

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    Introduction Vincent Van Gogh was one of the greatest artists who involved himself in artwork with full dedication. Born in 1853 in Holland‚ he rose despite the odds he faced in his life which brought transformations and made him create improvising unique styles. Since his formative years and later in his middle years‚ Van Gogh maintained immense interest in artwork and did not fail to help others and engage in different forms of art available at the time. Later in his life‚ Van Gogh’s mental health

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    The suicide note of Vincent Willem van Gogh “My dear brother‚ Thanks for your kind letter and for the 50-fr note in contained. There are many things I should like to write you about but I feel it useless. I hope you have found those worthy gentlemen favorably disposed towards you. Your reasurring me as to the peacefuless of your household was hardly worth the trouble‚ I think having seen the weal and woe of it myself. And I quite agree with you that rearing boy on the fourth floor is hell

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    THE NIGHT CAFÉ BY: VINCENT VAN GOGH AS A POST-IMPRESSIONIST PAINTER‚ AND ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS ASTIST OF ALL TIME VINCENT VAN GOGH has became an icon. Between November 1881 and July 1890 he painted almost 900 paintings. The Night Café in the place Lamartine in Arles 1888 (fig 2-47). This piece was him telling the world that this place is where one “can ruin oneself”. He tried to express it as it being a place where the atmosphere was of loneliness. The striking‚ bold‚ intense colors‚ the empathic

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