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THE STARRY NIGHT
The
artist
1HIGHLIGHTSVincent Van Gogh• When he first began
painting, he used peas-ants as models. He would later paint , land-scapes and himself be-cause he was too poor to pay the models.
• He made approximately 900 paintings in 10 years.
• Sold only one painting during his life time, it was called The Red Vineyard.
• He was a self-taught artist.
• He only became famous when he died.
• He suffered from temporal lobe epilepsy, schizophrenia, bipo-lar disorder and other mental ill-nesses.
• One of his epilleptic episodes caused him to cut his own ear.
• Vincent shot himself dead at the age of 37 in a wheat field in France.
Theo, at his side when he died, said that Vin-cent’s last words were:“La tristesse
durera tou-
jours,”
Which meant “sad-ness will last forever.”
PaintingThe
• Type: Oil on canvas• Dimensions:
73.7 cm × 92.1 cm (29 in × 36 1⁄4 in)
• Location: Museum of Modern Art, New York City
• Art Movement: Post- Impression-ism
Ba-sics
Post-Impressionism (1886-1905) can be character-ized as:• Using vivid colors • Distorted forms for ex-
pressive effect• Use of unnatural or ar-
bitrary colors• Abstract qualities
• Turbulent flow in fluid dynamics (Turbulence)
• Luminance
Post-Impressionism (1886-1905) can be character-ized as:• Using vivid colors • Distorted forms for ex-
pressive effect• Use of unnatural or ar-
bitrary colors• Abstract qualities
Analysis &
Interpretation
Analysis• Composition – fluidity and impressionism• Use of Color – break the composition, con-
vey emotion, dominance of blue balanced by orange
• Lighting – contrasting life and death, light sources are stars and the moon
• Tone or Mood – hope, represents man and nature
• Brush Stroke – turbulence, unique, consis-tency to technique
Stars
• Curving contours creat-ing a dot-to-dot effect.
• These internal elements ensure fluidity and such contours were important for the artist though it is distinct from the Impres-sionist technique of the 19th century.
• “Look, I have dreamed another dream. And this time, the sun, the moon and the eleven stars bowed down to me.” - Genesis 37:9 (11 stars )
• The brightest star is actually Venus.
Vil-lage
• The village has been variously identified as either a recollection of Van Gogh's Dutch homeland or based on a sketch he made of the town of Saint-Rémy.
• The village is painted with dark colors but the brightly lit windows create a sense of comfort.
• The church painted was actually from his homeland, Netherlands.
Cypresses• Cypress trees have
long been associated with death in Euro-pean culture.
• This tree serves to connect earth and sky and this could reflect the artist´s own thoughts about death - that death is the destination of life´s journey.
Vincent Song By Don McLean
Starry, starry nightPaint your palette blue and gray
Look out on a summer's dayWith eyes that know the darkness in my soul
Shadows on the hills
Sketch the trees and the daffodilsCatch the breeze and the winter chills
In colors on the snowy linen land
Now I understandWhat you tried to say to me
And how you suffered for your sanityAnd how you tried to set them free
They would not listen, they did not know how
Perhaps they'll listen now
Starry, starry nightFlaming flowers that brightly blaze
Swirling clouds in violet hazeReflect in Vincent's eyes of china blue
Colors changing hue
Morning fields of amber grainWeathered faces lined in pain
Are soothed beneath the artist's loving hand
For they could not love youBut still your love was true
And when no hope was left in sightOn that starry, starry night
You took your life, as lovers often do
But I could've told you VincentThis world was never meant for
One as beautiful as you
Now I think I knowWhat you tried to say to me
And how you suffered for your sanityAnd how you tried to set them free
They would not listen, they're not listening still
Perhaps they never will
{SPOLIARIUM
BY: JUAN LUNA
HIS ENTRY TO THE FIRST ART EXPOSITION IN MADRID ENTITLED EXPOSICION NACIONAL DE BELLAS ARTES IN 1884.
Won a gold medal which lead him to have a reputation of a painter of first order
3RD of seven children Excelled in painting
and drawing Influenced by his
brother MANUEL LUNA A painter, sailor and
political activist
JUAN LUNA
Took drawing lessons under illustrious painting teacher LEON GUERRERO
Went to the Academy of Fine Arts in Manila
Kicked out because the teacher did not like his brush strokes
Travelled and met DON ALEJO VERA who brought him to Rome
Inspired him to work on his painting Spoliarium
Juan Luna and Felix Resurrecion Hidalgo winning the Top 2 awards.
Killed his wife, mother-in-law and wounded his brother-in-law because of jealousy
Was acquitted of charges due to temporary insanity (unwritten law forgave men for killing unfaithful wives)
Arrested for being with the Katipunan Rebel Army
Died of heart attack
Year Completed: 1884 Dimensions: 4.22 m x
7.675 Medium : Oil on Canvas Present location: National
Museum of the Philippines
_______THE BASICS_______
SPOLIARIUM - Latin word referring to the basement where the fallen and dying gladiators are dumped and devoid of their worldly possessions