Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Night: An Analysis of the Use of Line, Summaries of Visual Arts

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Vincent Van Gogh: Starry Night

Vincent Van Gogh was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter and one of the most well- known and influential artists born on March 30, 1853 in Netherlands. Van Gogh was famous for his paintings such as Sunflowers (1888), Self-Portrait (1889), Starry Night (1889) and more. The Starry Night was made by a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter Vincent Van Gogh on June 1889 at Saint Paul Asylum near Saint Remy in France. During that time, Van Gogh suffers from illnesses that reflected to his paintings. This painting was inspired by the view of Van Gogh throughout his window. Starry Night shows emotions and expression of the late painter. The blue night sky dominates the painting and it represents the challenges that Van Gogh experienced. Along with that, the yellow-white color in the painting was like a bright light from the stars and moon that represents comfort for Van Gogh. What is Line? Line is a one-dimensional figure and is considered as a point or dot that moves around in a space. It is the most basic element of art but conveys emotion/s and meaning/s that an artist wanted to see, feel or perceive by his/her audiences. We chose Starry Night as an example artwork that uses one of the elements of art which is line. Starry Night is one of the best works by one of the greatest painters of all time named Vincent Van Gogh. He used impasto technique in his artwork to add emotion and movement also he used spiraling lines to create the swirling night sky. We could really get into just the tapestry of varied blue brush strokes in the night sky. We are thinking that we modern people seldom can enjoy a true night sky due of pollution and all the city lights. It is beautiful when one does get to witness a bright night sky. This artwork shows so much beauty and sadness because he made these artwork despites of his mental health. As a conclusion, line is important in an art. It serves as a foundation in making an art. Without it, no work of art could function properly.