Vincent Van Gogh's The Starry Night

On March 30th 1853 a Dutch baby was born that would grow to create a couple of the most famous paintings in the world. His most famous painting; Starry Night, was created in 1889. As a 36 year old he created an oil on canvas which was approximately 29 by 36 and ¼ inches long. In June 1889 it depicts the landscape you from the east facing window of his Asylum at Sant Reny de Provence, just before sunrise with the addition of an idolized Village. Now it has been located in Museum of Modern Art of New York City since 1941 which was acquired through the Lillie P.Bliss bequest. It was one of his finest works and is one of the most recognized paintings in the history of Western culture.

Composition is nature of what something consist of. In the painting; The Starry Night it depicts rolling clouds, shining stars and a bright crescent moon. This internal element in the sky

Colored drives from distribution of light power and wavelength interaction with the human eye. This apples to the painting because Van Gogh’s choice of color in the starry night has a dominate color of blue and yellow. He uses white and yellow to create spiral that and draws attention to the sky rather than the peaceful Village. Showing the refection of the moon, Vincent Van Gogh’s choice of dark blues and greens complimented the lighter shades of green. The Village buildings in the center of the painting are small blocks of yellows, greens and oranges with a dash of red to left the Church. The dominance of blue in the Starry Night is balanced by the orange of the sky elements. This is important to the Starry Night altogether Van Gogh paints rich colors of night and this corresponds with this character of his Starry Night, which are used to describe emotion. It seems that the moon’s and stars light are the main source of light shining down on a dark quiet Village, which could be contrasting life and death in a