Literary Analysis Of Vincent Van Gogh Starrry Night

Vincent Van Gogh: Starry Night Few paintings capture my imagination quite like Vincent Van Gogh’s The Starry Night. From the first time I ever saw it I was captivated by the seductive swirls of light in the sky and sleepy town in the distance. Like many college students in the early 2000s I had this poster framed on my dorm room wall along with another famous piece by Van Gogh called Café Terrace at Night. The surreal scene takes place in the early morning while the moon is still out. Heavy brush strokes and a limited color palette gives the painting a more abstract feel rather than a realistic one. The vastness of the early morning sky depicts a sense of grandeur and remarkable beauty. The light of the sun is just starting to creep over the mountain range in the distance. At the foot of those mountains is a sleepy little town. There is a little white chapel on the edge of town. You can almost hear the church bells ringing telling the townspeople it’s time to wake up. A few townspeople must have heard the bells because some of the little houses have candles burning

He was a troubled soul so it’s my belief that his art was an outpouring of himself and a place where he found peace. I also learned that Van Gogh considered Starry Night a failure. In a letter to his brother, Theo he said, “All in all the only things I consider a little good in it are the wheat field, the mountain, the orchard, the olive trees with the blue hills and the portrait and the entrances to the quarry, and the rest say nothing to me.” I whole heartedly disagree with his opinion about this work of art. Ironically, the things he considers the only good parts are the things I never really noticed about the painting. I am mostly drawn to the stars and moon above all else. They are captivatingly beautiful and