The Starry Night is an oil on canvas by the Dutch post impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh. Painted in June 1889, it describes the view from the east-facing window of his asylum room. Just before sunrise, with the addition of an ideal village, This oil canvas painting is dominated by a moon- and star-filled night sky. The morning star, to the left of center surrounded by circles of white and yellow light. Beneath this sky sits a village of houses surrounding a church with blue-black mountains in the background. A tree sits at this night scene, it reaches almost to the top edge of the painting like a link between land and sky.
Kia ora Helena! How are you doing today? Olive here - happy to say the weather is a lot better. Blue skies and wind are definitely an improvement over grey skies and wind!
ReplyDeleteThank you for your blog post. I love this activity! It’s all about painting! Van Gogh’s “Starry Starry Night” is one of my favourite pieces of art! I replicated it on a jean pocket! It was super fun! It's great to see you sharing another person's observation of the painting but I'd love to see what you can see in the artwork!
I can see stars, trees and rooftops. What can you see?
Remember if you find some good information you need to let others know where you can find it. Including a link of the website you've used for research is really helpful! For example, this is my research link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Starry_Night
Writing in our own words is very important. It shows your readers what you have learned from the activity!
Ngā mihi,
Olive