Vincent Van Gogh Distinctively Visual Analysis Essay

At first glance of the masterpiece of Vincent van Gogh, even without the name you automatically think of night time. The first thing I notice is the tree at the right side almost reaching the top of the canvas, took me a minute to realize it was a tree because Van Gogh gave it a wavy almost flame like curve. I like this piece because its abstract and I’ve always been drawn to like the abstract expressions of art. I like the way paintings look when they don’t necessarily try and mimic reality, even though he is painting his observations by using a mental image and he uses elements of abstraction and does not try to mimic reality in full. This painting is really easy on the eyes because he uses short heavy brush strokes, with more detail in the …show more content…
He also gives great importance to the moon, he makes it into a nice crescent with a very bright glow around it. Even though there are not that many stars in the painting he gives them their own little glow and it takes a second to realize there are mountains in the background. The tree that is in the foreground looks as if it is dying I don’t know if this is representation of a dark feeling that Van Gogh was having, or maybe he just felt that there needed to be something to stand out amongst the fullness of the night sky. I feel like Van Gogh took on the role of showing us exactly what he saw but in a non-realistic way, he based it on a true place he imagined it in his head and put it to paper. He did not want to do an actual real life picture he did it from his thoughts so his perspectives and proportions were distorted, as if he knew it wasn’t supposed to look like it did but wanted to express it in that way by making certain objects bigger and noticeable. I feel that the most important lines are the big thick wavy brush strokes of the night sky and the flame like tree in the foreground of the