Starry Night
I chose The Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh because it is a very well known piece of art. People throughout time have always looked at this piece of art as one of the most fascinating pieces of all time. I became interested in this piece and began reading articles about it. According to what I read, Starry Night was painted while Van Gogh was in an asylum. His behavior was very erratic at the time, which can be the reason for some of the things shown in this piece of art. A poem by Anne Sexton called, "The Starry Night", was created through a letter Van Gogh had written his brother. Through Anne Sexton's poem and the painting by Van Gogh, I am able to get a feel on what exactly Van Gogh was portraying in this piece of art. The first thing I noticed when I looked at this piece is the sky. The starry sky occupies more than half of the painting. In the sky, there is an orange and yellow moon along with eleven bright white and yellow stars. The sun and all of the stars are surrounded by bright rings of light. According to Anne Sexton, "The night boils with eleven stars" (line 4).
The dark tree towering over the little town, can describe how Van Gogh was feeling at that part of his life. To the right of the painting, there is a small town with houses, a church, and some large blue hills. In the background, you can see those rolling hills and mountains. Even though it is night, there are no lights shining down on the city. It remains alone, separated from the remainder of the painting as if it was not even a part of it. It stands alone on the top of a hill looking at the sky and the village. The "evil" part of the painting is the large, black tree because it is the darkest part of the picture, and it does stand out as something dark and mysterious. According to Anne Sexton, "The old unseen serpent swallows up the stars. This painting is one of the best of all time, and should be seen as a sign of the troubled life of an artist, about to become even worse. The little town could have represented him, and the dark tree could have represented the bad in his life that was about to greatly tower over all the good in his life. It seems that there is a dark wind current coming from the left side of the painting, which contains streaks of black from the tree, and a brighter wind current coming from the right side of the painting. The "good" part of the painting is the moon because it is the brightest part of the painting. The mountains surround the village, excluding it from the rest of civilization. The mountains are painted with a dark blue, which makes it seem as if a large wave of water is approaching the city.
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