... had been interested in both Psychiatry and the arts. Here, Van Gogh depicted the street not far from Dr. Gachet's house, creating a flattened tapestry of shapes in which the tiled and thatched roofs form a patchwork of texture and color. Although based on observation, Houses at Auvers- with its swirling, stabbing brushstrokes ... walking. -The lines imply volume and solid mass in the houses and trees. -The lines set boundaries for the eye so that all the shapes do no blend in to one mass of color. -The implied lines of the road intersecting at one point suggest distance. 2) The artist's ...

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... through the use of texture, value, and color. Short straight lines used in a diagonal way comprise most of the visible brush strokes. There are a lot of organic shapes in the painting, and the very geometric shapes of the building and the tombs in the piece oppose them. A large tree dominates the picture on the right, and some enormous clouds enhance the natural feel ... the rainbow in the clouds. Imagery such as this leaves me with the feeling that death is a dark and ominous thing, but that it is somehow an ok thing. The geometric shapes in the painting stand out but somehow are downp...

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... low. Contrast can be achieved through use of elements such as value (light against dark), shape (large against small, geometric against organic) (ames.k12.ia.us). It can be seen in areas where the brush strokes can be distinguish or with shapes. Does the scale of the forms seems appropriate to the setting? Scale is the relation of one thing to another ... ...

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