Today I am going to critique a piece of art called "The Starry Night" by Vincent Van Gogh. To a person who likes imitationalism, this wouldn't be a very pleasing piece. You can tell what everything is, but it's not very detailed. It is also done oil paint which makes the reflection of the stars look very unrealistic. The hills and houses are also not very detailed. Some of the houses even look to be a bit distorted. The stars are also not proportioned.They are way too large compared to the village.

Emotion

To me, this piece of art looks a bit mysterious. It kind of makes me wonder what is going on in the village, and even if he chose a certain date to paint it. I believe that this piece would not be very successful to the eyes of an emotionalist because even though it shows some emotion it still doesnt show alot.

Formalism

I believe that this is a very successfull peice because of it's formalism. The picture is balanced well with the plant on one side and the large star on the other. It also has alot of movent because the sky is painted with swirls thats bring your eyes to different areas of the piece. Also, the color of the reflection off the mountains and village was painted very well and really makes them stand out.

This image has a much lighter feeling. none of the lines are touching or jagged. To me, its looks like the lines seem to be floating up showing hope. For this image, I copy/pasted a squiggly line over and over and oer to create a rhythmic pattern

This image consists of several lines crossing each other forming triangles that point up and down. I showed rhythm by evenly spacing the triangles from each other going horizontally. I originally had them in diamond shape but then seperated them and changed the brush type to make it look thicker and more jagged.

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