HAA102 assignment part 1

Post Impressionism

Post-Impressionism is the term used to describe French art from the period of 19th century and early years of 20th century. It was invented by Roger Fry as he prepared for an exhibition at Grafton Gallery in London in 1910.Post-Impressionism follows Impressionism. The artists involved were influenced by Impressionism although their work shares few similarities. Disinterested in recording light and color phenomena, Post-Impressionism is characterized by bright color, sharp, often outlined edges. In pursuit of individual goals, theories, and interests, they don't work or exhibit together.

Example of Post-Impressionism artwork:

The Swineherd, by Paul Gauguin

 Gray weather, Grande Jatte by George Seurat

Vincent van Gogh self potrait

Vincent van Gogh was born in 30 March 1853 and died in 29 July 1890 by committing suicide The art movement of van Gogh is the post impressionist movement. Vincent van Gogh intensified Impressionism's already vibrant colors and painted them thickly on the canvas. Van Gogh's energetic brushstrokes expressed emotional qualities. Therefore, we see him as an off-shoot of Impressionism and a proponent of Expressionism. Van Gogh is also the pioneer of expressionism.

"The Starry Night" was the artwork painted by Dutch post-impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh.

Van Gogh painted "The Starry Night" by the view outside his sanitarium room window at night. The Starry Night is a painting about Van Gogh's view of the cosmic order. The powerful forces of heaven are seen in the night sky, rolling over a slumbering earth. The church in the middle seems like making an attempt to connect with heaven and the cypress tree in the foreground which represent nature, succeeds in reaching heaven.

Element of design

There are some element and principles that set van Gogh artwork style.The first element of design in this artwork I saw is line. Van Gogh used rough black lines to paint the sky, the wind, the tree, that gives us a primal and winding feeling

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The second element and of design i saw in this artwork is colour. Van Gogh used blue colour majorly in this artwork. Blue colour mostly is the colour that represent sadness and gloomy. The bright yellow colour moon and stars give us the feeling of hope. It also can be said as Heaven represent happiness, the houses below represent depression.

Tone that also called as value is also another element of design i saw in this artwork. Von Gogh painted this artwork with different tone. the sky is painted in brighter blue, and the house in the land are painted in darker  blue.

The Shape are mostly curve, such as the tree and the church.

Texture is implied in "Starry Night." Van Gogh's heavy brushstrokes cause the painting to appear to have a rough texture. The painted lines in the sky and on the tree in the foreground of the painting look three-dimensional. The texture creates contrast, and makes the hills and stars in the painting seem emphasized and on a different plane from the rest of the elements.

The scale of this artwork is 72cm x 92cm

Principles of design

Gradation- the colour of the painting from warm to cool. From the warm colour yellow to cool color blue.

Balance- Starry Night looks balanced because it looks like the town weighs as much as the cypress trees.

 
Repetition - The houses are different in size.

Reference:

http://www.vggallery.com/painting/p_0612.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_Gogh

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Starry_Night

http://www.vangoghartprints.net/van_gogh_art.html

Example of other Vincent van Goth artworks

Sunflower http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vincent_Willem_van_Gogh_127.jpg

Starry night over the Rhone http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Starry_Night_Over_the_Rhone.jpg

The Potato Eaters http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Van-willem-vincent-gogh-die-kartoffelesser-03850.jpg