Essays on Vincent van Gogh

Art Criticism             The art aspect is considered as the physical and conceptual manifestation of the humanistic views of society regarding their perception about the beautiful characteristics of life, environment and the idealism and life of experiences. In this aspect, artist illustrates their aspirations and emotions using different mediums to manifest physically their concepts and…

Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Only people who earn a lot of money are successful. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. Definitely, I do not totally agree with the statement of title. However, the wealthy people are indeed a successful group. So let me discuss what the success…

Vincent Van Gogh’s PaintingsThroughout Vincent William van Gogh’s artistic career, he was mocked and rejected by intellectuals. An intellectual is defined as “a person who is wellinformed and intelligent, and interested in activities involving the intellect” (World 1,096). By this definition, we can therefore assume that critics of art, would be intellectuals. The viewpoint critics…

Vincent Van Gogh was a Dutch artist from the mid 1800’s who was considered to have created approximately 2000 artworks. Growing up, he was classified to be highly emotional and having low self-esteem. Within those depressed emotions, it helped him pioneer the path of expressionism in his art pieces. But as he got more into…

Art is in various media from posters to public wall of which we call “graffiti”. Art is abstract as the use of colors shapes and the surface used adds a new dimension. Art portrays various ideas, feelings such as triumph, love, happiness, sorrow and boredom in loss to mention a few. Art is beauty and…

“The Yellow House”: Book Review In the book “The Yellow House: Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Nine Turbulent Weeks in Arles” Martin Gayford analyzes Van Gogh and Gauguin as people and as artists tracing historical context of their artworks. The author focuses on how Van Gogh and Gauguin influenced each other, how their strong and self-confident…

Perhaps the only way to disentangle, for yourself, the real Vincent Van Gogh from the creation of so many others, is to study the great mass of work he has left behind. Locally, his art is on display at museums including the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and New York’s, Metropolitan Museum, and Museum of…

Introduction This research paper will tell the readers how Vincent Van Gogh influenced the other artist, and how he shaped the beginning of modern art. It will also tell the readers of the important views in Van Gogh’s life, the success and failures he encountered. It will reveal the true identity of Van Gogh. The…