Starry Night And Vincent Van Gogh

A.E Housman, Vincent Van Gogh, and Walt Whitman are all artists who have composed works of stars and the night sky. Their pieces are labeled “Stars, I Have Seen Them Fall”, Starry Night, and “When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer”. There may be similarities and differences in the pieces, but they all revolve around the same message and theme of stars. The three artists somehow connect through these works but also affect the audience differently. The three pieces all connect the artists in some way, shape or form. In A.E Housman’s “Stars, I Have Seen Them Fall”, she comments how “No star is lost at all from the star-sown sky” (3-4). This explains how she is watching the stars pass and that every star seems to stay. The reader could infer that,

In Van Gogh’s Starry Night, his painting expresses a calm feel with the cool colors but also shows a slight hint of turmoil with the swirling patterns. An admirer of the art could connect with the painting with its hidden message of how even the calmest things could have turmoil and troubles in it. The audience could also assume its meaning as the opposite. They could see how life may be troublesome and full of turmoil, but the calm of the night overpowers it. However with Whitman's work “When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer”, he clearly states that “How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick, till rising and gliding out I wander’d off by myself” (5-6). He exclaims that he becomes overwhelmed by fact, that he goes to be greeted by the calmness of the night. A reader may be affected by the similar and recognizable feeling of stress. They could connect with the work on how stress sometimes overpowers someone. Glancing at these two works, a reader or audience may be affected and connect with the piece differently, through stress, calmness, or a different theme. A.E Housman, Vincent Van Gogh, and Walt Whitman all affect audience members with their works and all connect in some way. Through “Stars, I Have Seen Them Fall”, Starry Night, and “When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer”, the artists all share a common theme of stars. However, they also connect with their audience members using different