Formal Analysis of Art
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Formal Analysis of Art
Vincent van Gogh’s painting of “The Starry Night” is of a church in a village looked down on by the mountains; these two connected by the power leaning cypress and the church. The powerful leaning cypress customarily was used to mark the graves in the southern part of France and Italy. In “The Starry Night” van Gogh’s is showing us his personality of a free spirit, with unrestricting and limitless lines. Sometimes he seems wild and unmanageable. In this painting van Gogh seems angry with life. This is became his signature style like his autograph. When we see paintings drawn with angry strokes some may presume they are looking at a van Gogh painting. If we compare van Gogh’s painting with Sol LeWitt’s “the Wall Drawing” van Gogh’s are painted by himself were as Sol LeWitt give instructions to the museum workers to produce his work. Sol LeWitt’s wall instructions are straight to the point more controlled and safe. The lines are mathematically precise. These wall instructions are easier for the museum employees to reproduce in several different museums. The instructions are not always the same so the employees have to make some decisions on their own, (Sayre, 2010).
The Las Meninas (the Maids of Honor), was commissioned by King Phillip IV. It is thought to be a portrait of King Phillip and Queen Mariana’s daughter Infanta Margarita. This painting is a perplexity. It is tough to declare whether the Las Meninas is a Genre scene or supposed to be a historical painting. Diego Velazquez painted the daily existence of the royal family. This painting is done in the royal palace which is the home of King Phillip IV and his wife Queen Mariana’s. It seems that main point of the painting is Infanta Margarita their five year old daughter. Although Infanta Margarita is being chaperoned by the other girls she is encircled by others as well. This painting looks like they are getting ready for some kind of formal gathering. Velazques painted the attendants...
Vincent van Gogh’s painting of “The Starry Night” is of a church in a village looked down on by the mountains; these two connected by the power leaning cypress and the church. The powerful leaning cypress customarily was used to mark the graves in the southern part of France and Italy. In “The Starry Night” van Gogh’s is showing us his personality of a free spirit, with unrestricting and limitless lines. Sometimes he seems wild and unmanageable. In this painting van Gogh seems angry with life. This is became his signature style like his autograph. When we see paintings drawn with angry strokes some may presume they are looking at a van Gogh painting. If we compare van Gogh’s painting with Sol LeWitt’s “the Wall Drawing” van Gogh’s are painted by himself were as Sol LeWitt give instructions to the museum workers to produce his work. Sol LeWitt’s wall instructions are straight to the point more controlled and safe. The lines are mathematically precise. These wall instructions are easier for the museum employees to reproduce in several different museums. The instructions are not always the same so the employees have to make some decisions on their own, (Sayre, 2010).
The Las Meninas (the Maids of Honor), was commissioned by King Phillip IV. It is thought to be a portrait of King Phillip and Queen Mariana’s daughter Infanta Margarita. This painting is a perplexity. It is tough to declare whether the Las Meninas is a Genre scene or supposed to be a historical painting. Diego Velazquez painted the daily existence of the royal family. This painting is done in the royal palace which is the home of King Phillip IV and his wife Queen Mariana’s. It seems that main point of the painting is Infanta Margarita their five year old daughter. Although Infanta Margarita is being chaperoned by the other girls she is encircled by others as well. This painting looks like they are getting ready for some kind of formal gathering. Velazques painted the attendants...