Lines are both used and manipulated in both of these works. In Van Gogh’s The Starry Night there are implied lines all over his painting, but they are not the usual straight implied line that we are used to seeing. As you look at the sky and city the implied line is bent and swirled. His lines are a mix between expressive and classic lines. The sky is exploding with expressive lines, there is so much emotion and feeling in the sky that you almost feel overwhelmed as you look at it. The town on the other hand isn’t as expressive. The lines are more class

The Regatta at Argenteuil doesn’t really relate to me at all, I’ve never had any experiences with sailing or seen anything like that picture but The Starry Night reaches me in a way that art has never reached me. Looking at this picture fills me with so many different emotions. It makes me happy, just a nice summer night with a cool breeze, lots of stars out and a small town to look over, I feel total peace, like that’s the way life should be, but at the same time I look at this picture and see loneliness. I feel like Van Gogh felt that he was an outcast, pushed away from the town and all that he had were the stars that filled the night. I’ve caught myself going outside when the weather is nice and just staring up at the sky. For some reason I like just looking up at the sky and feeling like one day I’ll be looking at the sky from a totally different place. I feel like there is more out there for me and it makes me feel good. Van Gogh’s The Starry Night gives me that feeling when I look at it.

Just like Van Gogh, Monet used many of the principles of the design. The sail boats and the buildings balance the readers eye. They also help the reader focus a little more on the middle of the painting. The use of color and balance creates a focal point in the middle of the painting. Without scale and proportion the viewer would have no idea how big the sail boats are, but with a person being present on the sail boat the viewer can easily tell that the sail boat is massive and towers into the sky. I feel the use of the principles were a little less effective in Monet’s painting, but the meaning and style of this painting quickly make up for the use principles present.

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