Impressionism In The Starry Night

Impressionism and Postimpressionism Paintings
The rise of impressionism stemmed from a resistance against the Neoclassicism. It emphasizes "what you see is what you get". The artist used light and shadow to show the scene and did not advocate the inclusion of subjective feelings. Post-impressionist on the basis of the impressionist used the impressionist painting techniques but stressed that join the painter 's subjective judgment. The content of the paintings mainly serves the artists’ philosophizing rather than purely visual techniques. Both skills are in an emotional and scientific way. The post-impressionist painters were influenced by the anti-objective science of philosophy and literary culture; the painting had to be added to the subjective

The mass-tone, dark blue in the oil painting represented a gloomy feeling. A thick brush might indicate the author 's anxiety in a mental hospital. The trees were like black fire burning towards the sky, which brought the feel of unease. The texture of the sky was like a whirlpool galaxy with many light points. Each star rotated in the night sky, and the crescent also formed a vortex. The nebula and the lines were like a dragon swinging. In the whole picture, the village at the bottom was drawing with straight, thick lines, showing a kind of tranquility, but a strong contrast was between the rough lines of the upper part. This conflict reflected the artist 's restless feelings and the psychedelic image world in this highly exaggerated distortion and strong visual contrast. Two lines style - curved long lines and broken short line applied interactively, which make the picture presented a dazzling fantasy. This was obviously out of reality, purely for van Gogh’s own imagination. In his composition, the turbulent sky contrasted with the peaceful village. Trees achieved visual balance with horizontal mountains and sky. The colors were full of blue and green. He used a continuous and wavy brush to express nebulae and trees. The nebulae and trees were like a ball of blazing fire lightening the dark. This was the most intense fantasy of the heart. This is also the creative attempt to vent the unquenchable emotions