Analysis Of Starry Night

Vincent Van Gogh’s piece titled Starry Night, represents the artist’s insanity and isolation from the outside world. Van Gogh painted the view that was seen from the room, mixed with the emotions he felt inside. Starry Night is an oil painting on canvas and is two dimensional. The painting is found in the Museum of Modern Art located in New York. The variety of elements and principles of art, help to bring the painting to life, and help viewers understand what the art could represent. In art, color is a very vivid element that attracts the audience’s attention, and allow us to think deeply about our innermost feelings. Van Gogh’s use of light and dark colors used in the night sky provide great contrast in order to capture our attention. The darker blue gives the art a gloomy feeling and could perhaps represent isolation. The lighter blue helps to draw attention to the swirls that Van Gogh made in the sky. The yellow accentuates the swirls even more because it is the brightest color found in the art piece. Blue and

The organic lines helps to illustrate the wind blowing hard, rolling hills and texture of the sky. Organic lines are found in nature and are irregular, fluid, and curved which helps to convey a sense of gracefulness. Contour lines are the outline of a specific subject to allow it to stand out more. The contour lines in Starry Night are found on the cypress tree and the hills in the background. The cypress tree fills up most of the left side on the canvas which means it is another major focus of the art piece. The contour lines give the cypress tree volume and make it look like a huge black flame reaching for the sky and towering over the town, giving off a sense of mourning and death. The contour lines on top of the hills help to seperate the hills from the night sky and provide shadow. The organic lines help give the piece a sense of motion and