The document provides details about Vincent Van Gogh's painting The Starry Night and his life and work. It describes key features of the painting such as the swirling sky, cypress trees, and village in the foreground. It notes that Van Gogh suffered from mental illness and only found fame after his death. It also provides context on post-impressionism and analyzes elements of the painting like its composition, colors, lighting, and brushstrokes.

1. HE STARRY NIGH

3. 1HIGHLIGHTSVincent Van Gogh
• When he first began paint
ing, he used peasants as
models. He would later
paint , landscapes and hi
mself because he was too
poor to pay the models.
• He made approximately 9
00 paintings in 10 years.

4. • Sold only one pai
nting during his l
ife time, it was
called The Red V
ineyard.
• He was a self-tau
ght artist.
• He only became f
amous when he d
ied.

5. • He suffered from tem
poral lobe epilepsy, sc
hizophrenia, bipolar d
isorder and other men
tal illnesses.
• One of his epilleptic e
pisodes caused him to
cut his own ear.
• Vincent shot himself d
ead at the age of 37 in
a wheat field in Franc

6. Theo, at his side wh
en he died, said tha
t Vincent’s last wor
ds were:
“La tristesse
durera toujours,
”
Which meant “sadnes
s
will last forever.”

8. • Type: Oil on canvas
• Dimensions: 73.7 cm
× 92.1 cm (29 in × 3
6 1⁄4 in)
• Location: Museum of
Modern Art, New Yo
rk City
• Art Movement: Post-
Impressionism
Bas
ics

9. Post-Impressionism (1886-1
905) can be characterized a
s:
• Using vivid colors
• Distorted forms for expres
sive effect
• Use of unnatural or arbitr
ary colors
• Abstract qualities

10. • Turbulent flow
in fluid dynami
cs (Turbulence
)
• Luminance

11. Post-Impressionism (1886-1
905) can be characterized a
s:
• Using vivid colors
• Distorted forms for expres
sive effect
• Use of unnatural or arbitr
ary colors
• Abstract qualities

14. Analysis
• Composition – fluidity and impressionism
• Use of Color – break the composition, convey e
motion, dominance of blue balanced by orange
• Lighting – contrasting life and death, light sou
rces are stars and the moon
• Tone or Mood – hope, represents man and natu
re
• Brush Stroke – turbulence, unique, consistenc

15. S
tars
• Curving contours creating
a dot-to-dot effect.
• These internal elements en
sure fluidity and such cont
ours were important for th
e artist though it is distinc

16. • “Look, I have dreamed another dream. A
nd this time, the sun, the moon and the e
leven stars bowed down to me.” - Genesis
37:9 (11 stars )
• The brightest star is actually Venus.

17. • The village has been variously identified as
either a recollection of Van Gogh's Dutch ho
meland or based on a sketch he made of the
town of Saint-Rémy.

18. • The village is painte
d with dark colors bu
t the brightly lit win
dows create a sense o
f comfort.
• The church painted
was actually from his
homeland, Netherlan
ds.

19. Cypresses
• Cypress trees have lon
g been associated with
death in European cul
ture.
• This tree serves to con
nect earth and sky and
this could reflect the a
rtist´s own thoughts a
bout death - that deat

20. Vincent S
By Don McLean

21. Starry, starry night
Paint your palette blue and gray
Look out on a summer's day
With eyes that know the darkness in my soul
Shadows on the hills
Sketch the trees and the daffodils
Catch the breeze and the winter chills
In colors on the snowy linen land

22. Now I understand
What you tried to say to me
And how you suffered for your sanity
And how you tried to set them free
They would not listen, they did not know how
Perhaps they'll listen now

23. Starry, starry night
Flaming flowers that brightly blaze
Swirling clouds in violet haze
Reflect in Vincent's eyes of china blue
Colors changing hue
Morning fields of amber grain
Weathered faces lined in pain
Are soothed beneath the artist's loving hand

24. For they could not love you
But still your love was true
And when no hope was left in sight
On that starry, starry night
You took your life, as lovers often do
But I could've told you Vincent
This world was never meant for
One as beautiful as you

25. Now I think I know
What you tried to say to me
And how you suffered for your sanity
And how you tried to set them free
They would not listen, they're not listening still
Perhaps they never will

26. {
SPOLIARIUM
BY: JUAN LUNA

27.  HIS ENTRY TO THE FIRST ART EXPOSITION IN
MADRID ENTITLED EXPOSICION
NACIONAL DE BELLAS
ARTES IN 1884.
 Won a gold medal which lead
him to have a reputation of a painter
of first order

28.  3RD of seven children
 Excelled in painting and
drawing
 Influenced by his brother
MANUEL LUNA
 A painter, sailor and
political activist
JUAN LUNA

29.  Took drawing lessons
under illustrious painting
teacher LEON
GUERRERO
 Went to the Academy of
Fine Arts in Manila
 Kicked out because the
teacher did not like his
brush strokes

30.  Travelled and met DON
ALEJO VERA who brought
him to Rome
 Inspired him to work on his
painting Spoliarium
 Juan Luna and Felix
Resurrecion Hidalgo winning
the Top 2 awards.
 Killed his wife, mother-in-law
and wounded his brother-in-
law because of jealousy

31.  Was acquitted of charges
due to temporary insanity
(unwritten law forgave
men for killing unfaithful
wives)
 Arrested for being with the
Katipunan Rebel Army
 Died of heart attack

32. _______THE BASICS_______

33. SPOLIARIUM - Latin word
referring to the basement where the
fallen and dying gladiators are
dumped and devoid of their
worldly possessions