Vincent van Gogh' 3 starry night paintings:
The Starry Night
Swirling clouds filled the night sky, stars ablazed, a crescent moon. Your eyes will follow the curves, moving about the painting. Makes one feel comfortable and at ease. A small town appears below the horizon. A church larger than other buildings, lies in the centre of the town, giving the town a sense of stability. A dark shadow at the left hand side gives a sense of isolation.
I especially like the swirling clouds in the painting, I don't know why.
Starry Night Over the Rhone
Three focus in this painting. First is that each star has its own orb of light. Second, the reflection of the artificial light, feeling magnificent, gives viewers the visual effects. Thirdly are the structures amongst the warm glow of artificial lights.
I simply enjoy viewing the reflection of artificial light:)
Cafe Terrace at Night
This artworks contributes a different perspective of the starry nightsky. The yellow wall attracts much more attention. A sense of balance is attributed to the dark cityscape silhouette to the right of the painting.
What makes me wonder is whatever that lies along that dark dark street. And whether will the starry nightsky become more beautiful if the streets were darker. Haaa...:P
The song "Vincent(Starry starry night)" is actually based on Vincent's famous drawings and also tells his biography. He committed himself to an asylum where he painted 'The Starry Night'. One, two years later, he attempted suicide by shooting himself in the chest. He survived, but died two days later from the wound. Vincent viewed his life as horribly wasted, personally failed and impossible.
The story of Vincent van Gogh's tragic life, filled with mental evils and artistic triumphs, lingers almost becoming that of legend. His work is still astounding millions around the world daily, and though he sold only one painting in his life, his influence on the outcome of art has been amazing and overwhelming. His paintings have reached new records when sold for hundreds of millions of dollars, and his persona has sparked number one hit songs. Vincent van Gogh has altered mankind forever... and he believed his life was a terrible failure!
Vincent painted a few thousand paintings throughout his lifetime, almost one per day over his last few years. Cool guy~!
