Starry Night by Von Gough

The annals of the picture

Notwithstanding the detail that Van Gogh scarcely thought of his Starry evening as an exceptional decorating, detractors and artists consider it to be the painter's most significant works. No wonder, the image initiated a alallotmentment of debates and was the basis for poems, fiction and even for the well known recital "Starry, Starry evening" by Don McLean. There are wonderful phrases in the recital: "Colors changing hue, forenoon area of amber grain,

Weathered faces lined in pain, Are soothed beneath the artist's loving hand" (Pickvance, 50). In fact, astronomers evaluated this picture and found out that it greatly resembled the real sky, in addition, they were able to define that The Starry Night was created in the town Auvers-sur-Oise (France) and even reveal the exact data when Van Gogh painted it - June 16, 1980, after 7 p.m. For modern specialists it is still a mystery how Van Gogh was able to show whirling cosmic energy in the night sky so many years ago, when nothing was really known about this energy, the painter was able to uncover what was hidden deep in the universe, that's why this picture is valued so high nowadays.

Description of the painting and its features

Stars, the sky and the cypress (that is represented in the foreground) symbolise the transition from life to death, that is, the death is like a trip to the star (Jordan, 10). It is, of course, a real night, but with imaginative elements - how the painter embodied his dreams, his understanding of life and death. Vincent Van Gogh thought that the imaginative features added special charm and mystery to his painting - in this way he was going to prove himself that he was worth to be called an artist. In particular, this mixture of graphic style and religious implications makes the painting a special one, it raises unusual associations and powerful emotions.

The whole painting is characterised by the utilisation of such whirling brushstrokes, and this is the third unique feature of The Starry Night that contributes to the complexity of the composition. As a result, it seems that the whirling sky is so powerful that the village and other elements of the painting appear to be less vivid, it reveals that nature controls everything (Crispino, 30).

The Starry Night proves that there is no difference between brushstrokes and created elements, they go ...