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This is a blog about Vincent van Gogh's Starry Night. It was painted in June 1889, at the time he was at an asylum called Saint-Rémy-de-Provence. He stayed at the asylum for about a year, while he was there, he painted almost 100 paintings.
The painting is the view out of an east window of the asylum, just before dawn.
The stars and moon shining brightly, the night sky swirling and dancing. This painting is an oil on canvas and the unique brush strokes give it a look specific to Van Gogh.
This painting makes me feel calm yet free. The beautiful, dark blue sky swirling, dotted with little gleaming specks of light. The twisting dark spiral rising up, the little town, the crescent moon with beams of light surrounding it. This painting is amazing and inspiring.
Today Van Gogh’s Starry Night is one of the most recognized paintings in western history, but sadly, he was ahead of his time. Today his work is well known and this painting is displayed in the New York Museum of Modern Arts. It is considered one of his best works. His paintings have spirit and are true masterpieces.
( Fun Fact / Theory:
The painting may be blurry because Van Gogh suffered from terrible migraines and the night sky probably appeared blurry to him, he just painted what he saw. If people with vision problems go their today,if they look out the east window they will see what Van Gogh saw.)
I really like what you did with this! :)
ReplyDeleteI don't think however, that it could have appeared blurry, he more than likely had a vivid imagination or perhaps he just saw the whole world like this. Or if he was in an asylum at the time this was done, the medicine they were giving him probably didn't help. Did you happen to notice beside the looming dark spiral the only other spiral that sticks out is the spiral of the church? I agree though, that it is a wonderful masterpiece.
I like how you said that the sky is dancing. I just thought of it as swirls but that is a cool way to look at it. I also didn't know that he suffered from migraines. I did know that he had bipolar disorder which makes me wonder if the reason he used such different colors (dark blues then yellow) has to do with that.
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