Please take notes of these comments. Incorporate this to paper please. “You should explain what happened more clearly. You don’t mention anything about the prostitute that he was involved with which I think is an important part of the story. ” “There are many other factors that contributed to his illness such as a severe case of depression brought on by the guilt he felt for his brother having to support him, and the fact that he considered himself a failure due to no one buying any of his paintings.” “What you have here is just the beginning. I don’t see a description of the painting. You seem to focus on van Gogh’s hospitalization which is fine, but try to build the rest of your paper with more information about the painting itself, and the aspects about the artist that helps us to understand why the painting looks the way that it does.” I have attached these comments to just give an idea of what is missing and what can be incorporated

Museum:  Museum of Modern Art

Art: The Starry Night

Artist: Vincent Van Gogh

In the Museum of Modern Art of New York City, there is a very beautiful yet interesting piece. It goes by the name “The Starry Night” By a Dutch post-impressionist painter, Vincent Van Gogh. The great masterpiece is an abstract oil painted on canvas and was created in Saint Remy, France in Mid-June 1889. This beautiful piece is a landscape displaying a small town, late evening in mid-November before its first snow of the year. blues, with yellows and whites for the moon and stars in the sky. There is a large, dark silhouette of a cathedral in black on the left side of the painting. Very visible you see the bright crescent moon with whirling cool clouds and shining stars. When looking at this piece I get a very calm and reassuring feeling. The color combination of the smooth cool tones, with accents of vivid blue flowing along the rhythm of the swirls in the sky. There are contrasts of vertical and horizontal lines. There is a contrast of calm city at the bottom of the piece with a strong wind that shows madness in the eyes of other but can also bring some tranquility My favorite part of this art piece has to be the feeling of positivity and relaxation you get from just glanding. Coming in contact with this painting fills you with ease, it’s so therapeutic. This is clearly based on perspective in which you can be between imagination or observed directly but enhanced.

Vincent van Gogh was known as “crazy” and suffered with mental health issues throughout his life. Later on, in his life he was admitted to a hospital, “Vincent ended up in the hospital in Arles, where he was treated by Dr Félix Rey, the assistant physician. Rey believed that Van Gogh was suffering from a form of epilepsy brought on in part by too much coffee and alcohol and too little food.” (VanFoghMuseum.nl). Van Gogh was known for taking an extraordinary measure after a fight with his friend, the French artist Paul Gauguin. “Suffering from severe depression, cuts off the lower part of his left ear with a razor while staying in Arles, France” (A&E Television Networks). Which resulted in his admission to the Asylum. This all occurred about year before the painting of “Starry Night” and not much longer before Van Gogh’s death in 1890. Throughout history he was infamously known as a crazy artist. Van Gogh was committed to a mental health asylum in Arles, France after the ear incident with Gauguin. Some people actually say Van Gogh painted “Starry Night” while in the mental hospital and that the landscape in the painting is the view Van Gogh had from his window.

Vincent Van Gogh’s art was during the Post-Impressionism era. On this time post-impressionists painted outside their studio to capture the light using expression of color. Van Gogh’s The Starry night is actually from his imagination. He made this piece by using what he sees through is bedroom window in the asylum and using his imagination. “Because he was not allowed to paint in his bedroom, he painted the scene from memory or possibly drawings and used his imagination for the small village that did not actually exist” (Zelazko,5).Van Gogh managed to communicate his energy, his emotions and his creativity.

Van Gogh was known as an expressionist artist and “Starry nights” is a great representation to his expressionism through his art. “Starry nights” demonstrates his emotive state, through his expressionistic swirls. The technique he used for this painting was Impasto. He created this painting using oil paint on a canvas.

Work Cited: 

“On the Verge of Insanity.” On the Verge of Insanity – Van Gogh Museum, www.vangoghmuseum.nl/en/stories/on-the-verge-of-insanity#0.

“Vincent Van Gogh Chops Off His Ear.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 24 Nov. 2009, www.history.com/this-day-in-history/van-gogh-chops-off-ear.

Zelazko, Alicja. “The Starry Night.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., 17 June 2019, www.britannica.com/topic/The-Starry-Night.

What to Include in Your Museum Paper

Every paper should include the following information:

• Title of the work of art (whatever title the museum is displaying)
• Date that the artwork was created
• The name and nationality of the artist (This will be displayed if it is known. If the identity of the artist is unknown, state this fact in your paper.)
• The name of the country or civilization in which the work of art was produced (this may be displayed at the museum, but if not find this information through research)
• The name of the style or time period that the artwork is associated with (one way to figure this is to look at the date and place of origin that is displayed at the museum, and then refer to your textbook to see what category or style the artwork would fit into in terms of the date and place of origin)

The above information is normally displayed near the artwork in the museum. You should look for this information while you are there. However, when writing your paper, state the information in the form of complete, grammatically correct sentences. Don’t copy the information into your paper in list form as it appears in the museum on the card next to the artwork.

• A complete physical description of the work of art (be sure to write this at the museum while you are looking at the artwork. Think about size, color, shapes, material it is made of).
• A description of the subject matter (describe what the piece is about, who are the characters, what are they doing, what is the setting, how are the figures and background shown)

The above information should be written while you are at the museum looking at the work. This should be written based on your own observations. For further advice about writing a description of the artwork, look at the document titled, “How to Write an Artwork Description”. You will find this in the “Museum Paper” section in the folder titled, “Instructions, information and suggestions for writing your museum papers”.

• A brief discussion of the techniques used to create the work (look at the materials used in the artwork and then refer to your textbook to find information about the techniques used. Then, if you want to give further information about these techniques, research them).
• A brief discussion of the significance of the time period (once you establish the timeframe, research that time and place to find more information that relates in some way to the artwork, artist, or style that you are writing about).
• A brief discussion of the significance of the style (once you establish the time and place, research the style and discuss the development of that style in history)
• A discussion of the features of the artwork that identify it with the style or time period (within your discussion of the importance of the style, use examples. Talk about features of the artwork that help to identify it with the style you are describing)

The above information should be considered when you begin to do research. Use these items as a guide for the type of information that your paper to contain. Refer to your textbook for an explanation of these concepts.