Art Analysis: Starry Night

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Now, going to the principles of design process of the art work he used empahsis really well becasue he let the stars of the art work take over the whole thing to draw the eye srtaight to the sky. Along with repetition the art work in the sky continues the same patterns with the way the line match and never stop with the wind and all of the stars are created the same way. The whole painting just kind of has a flow to it. The movemnt part of the art seems off to me becasue i see a huge strucutre in the middle of the painting covering most of the bottom left corner, but i truly cant make out what it is but i feel as if its a flame from something pervious burning. The contrast and the variety of Starry Night is well used because the art work is

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