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Analyzing Van Gogh Paintings

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I like that you chose Van Gogh for one of your especially since you probably have a lot of back round knowledge about him due to our previous weeks. I also like the ideas of the landscapes because they truly are works of art. The stillness and serenity thtat are always consistent in landscapes. Both were paintings are beautiful, but they're also in ways distorted. I mean this by the lack of precise smooth strokes that made landscapes so decisive. The paintings are still beautiful, but the strokes don't make perfect images, they make perfect symbols. Such as the light green strokes in the Wheat Field with Cypresses represent the leaves on the bush in the center of the painting. But I feel that both Van Gogh paintings are truly stunning. (By

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