... and on people's faces surrounding it while the other parts of the room remain dark. It makes a strong contrast between lightness and darkness in the painting. The space in the foreground and middle ground, including the people and the table, is small. However, with this partition behind the people in ... This piece is presented in style of Realism that Van Gogh used as an amateur painter. Here, he starts to create his special style of painting regarding the contrast between light and shadow. In future paintings, this contrast will be between color of the outlines around the objects and co...

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... in the foreground seem to set the tree aflame. The landscape in the middle ground has a cascading sense of movement. The hues used in this painting are dark in nature, creating a realistic tone. Contrasting yellow is used for the illumination of the stars. The stars seem to glow against the cool ... and a dark, tumultuous sky overhead with beaming stars. Van Gogh's work was not valued in his lifetime. It was only post-humus that his paintings were appreciated. In the post impressionist movement of the 1880s and 1890s, bold lines and color were not as characteristic as they became in the e...

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... unexpectedly generates a wonderful sight. It states darkness in the artist's soul. The artist of the painting is none other than Vincent Willem Van Gogh, who is a famous Dutch post-Impressionist painter. He drew the painting in an asylum at Saint-Remy, France, in 1889. He cut off his own ear, and ... melancholy. Van Gogh's expression and mood is located at trough. His grief of the inner-world is outspokenly embodied in color elements of the painting. The red-brown cypress tree represents Van Gogh's passion and struggle; the cypress tree almost reaches the top of edge, which illustrates ...

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... Gogh was immediately introduced to alcohol and the hallucinogenic drink named Absinthe. (Hanson, 1955) It was his sleepless nights spent socializing and drinking did he come in contact with the post-impressionist masters of his era. He oft debated art theory amongst Lautrec, Paul Signac and Gauguin. Signac was an advocate for Seurat's theory in colour and pointillism. This relationship caused ... Night Café, as many of the figures in the middle ground are delineated in dark lines. Although the piece has perspective, there is a flat quality to the entire painting. Gauguin also preached p...

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