THE STARRY NIGHT AND OTHER ART WORKS

THE STARRY NIGHT” AND OTHER ART WORKS
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“THE STARRY NIGHT” AND OTHER ART WORKS’’
The starry night is a Vincent van Gogh’s painting. It shows stars in a dark sky lit by a bright moon. In the painting a town lies behind the hills marking the horizon. A church structure over shadows the smaller buildings. The painting compared to other paintings may have a number of similarities as well as differences. Such a painting as “midsummer Twilight” by Willard Leroy Metcalf, may differ in a number of ways such as style, subject matter, symbolism, color, etc. however, they may carry some similarities with them. Here in different paintings are compared to “the starry night”.
One of the similarities between “midsummer twilight” by Metcalf and “the starry night” by van Gogh is the subject matter. The two paintings are featuring nature such as the sky, hills, vegetation.The vegetation in the paintings however, they show the difference in the activities of the residences in the paintings.Another feature that appears in the two paintings is the structures. There are houses in both the paintings. In starry night there is a church structure that overshadows other structures. The significance of the structure is to show the religious activities of the occupants of the town.
The artists have similarly used the sky as the background. The background in the starry night occupies the larger part of the painting. It is an effect that matches the title of the painting “the starry night. Similarly, in his painting, Metcalf applies sky as the background though to a small extent.
Another major similarity in the paintings is the theme. It is clear that the artists have spent ample time in painting the landscapes.“Starry night” and” midsummer twilight” seem to be in a valley and surrounded by hills. For example, in the starry night, the town lies at the feet of the hills. The hills mark the horizon. Similarly, in the midsummer twilight, the settlement lies along the hills and the horizon is marked by hills though they seem far away.
Symbolism is another similarity in the paintings. In starry night a number of symbolismshave been employed to communicate a few things to the viewer. For example, stars and the moon may be interpreted to mean hope and future. Though it is night and things may not be clear there is hope of light. The presence of the church structure symbolizes the religious activities of the people inhabiting the area. Similarly, in the midsummer twilight, the farm houses may be interpreted to mean that the people dwelling the region are farmers.The large tracts of landstand as prove that the economic activity of the inhabitants is farming. Hence the features being symbols.
However there are several differences easily notable in the paintings. One of the differences being the choice of colors. They differ in color choice and use. Van Gogh uses dark colors in his painting. ...