Art history
When this assignment was first given to us the first painting that popped into my mind was Van Gogh's Bedroom painting. The reason is because I have a Van Gogh calendar, one my father purchased for me to get me to appreciate art since h is a big fan himself. The month's picture was this painting. I woke up every morning facing it and I always thought to myself "why is this even a painting, it's ugly, it's just a room" weeks later I visited the national gallery of art and stumbled upon the original painting. I must admit seeing the original up close and in focus makes a major difference. In the calendar photograph you don't grasp the details because of its relatively small frame. Looking at it made me miss the fine outlining that Van Gogh used to give depth to the picture. For example, the first line that I didn't even notice in the photograph was the line on the bottom of the bed, outlining the frame. Ti gave me the sense that there was actually a distance between the frame and the floor, rather than the photograph that made it seems as if the bed w
The texture of the glass in the window in the painting gives me a sense that there is an actually surface to the glass, but when I look at it in the photograph it looks to me as a mosaic on the wall. I had to look back again to realize it was a window. I admire the effort Van Gogh puts into the painting to give the sense of unity. For example, the flow in the photograph gives no sense of cracks and depth to me, but in the painting I get a true sense of a wooden flow and also a wooden frame for the bed that I describe in the photograph almost looking like soft clay. The use of blue isn't as powerful as in the painting. The colors help immensely, especially the white wall that helps break up the forms of the room. The brush stroke of the chair near the door on the left is stronger as opposed to the chair to the window, giving you the image the chair is farther back. I could not see this in the original painting, but it may just have been the strong light on it that might have blinded me from noticing the shapes. They yellows and shades of orange might have been cheated with the flash of the camera giving it a tacky look and much brighter than the painting itself. Both the rhythm and pattern of the painting pull you to the center of it. The multiple layers of paint in the original painting give the sense of tones in the wood which is also seen in the photograph just not as clear as I mentioned before. Whereas I see it in the photograph as if I was looking up at a building from one of its corners. Although the text can be seen the photograph it's much clearer in the painting. Whereas the blue seen in the photograph looks old and dusty, almost looking out of place causing confusion in the order of the room. This is achieved by the flow of the furniture from left to right, and the fabric hung on the left, all helps with the pull of unity.
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