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In reply to the discussion: “I have had a most rare vision”: Vincent Van Gogh’s The Starry Night [View all]CTyankee
(63,909 posts)44. It is hard for me to see chiarascuro in this work. Because chiarascuro depened on
on the contrast between light and shadow dramatically, which is not what you see here. But you have a great point about gas lighting's effect on painting....
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CTyankee
Feb 2015
OP
Yeah, Dickinson is odd. But if any American poet would get this painting, it would
CTyankee
Feb 2015
#28
but they often should not be in managerial positions...hell on earth depending on
CTyankee
Feb 2015
#57
I secured another job and left, not knowing that that manager had bipolar disorder.
CTyankee
Feb 2015
#70
Since you cited Schama, he and the Beeb did this masterful documentary on Van Gogh
BeyondGeography
Feb 2015
#69
Oh, I'm glad you like it ellen! I'm so happy to post it...it's been a pleasure...
CTyankee
Feb 2015
#23
What genius he had and such pain. Brother Theo declined after Vincent's death. Both died
appalachiablue
Feb 2015
#20
his biographers believe that both (and their sister wilhemina) also sufferd from it.
CTyankee
Feb 2015
#35
"tears of joy" yes! That happened to me once...a van gogh wheat field with crows...
CTyankee
Feb 2015
#33
I had that beauty overload happen after a tour through the Frank Lloyd Wright house
BlancheSplanchnik
Feb 2015
#104
i'm a bit obsessed with his palette knife in the second night sky. He must have been
CTyankee
Feb 2015
#38
Thanks CTY. I have always been obsessed with him. As for light - I did
Laura PourMeADrink
Feb 2015
#32
well, all artists are interested in capturing the light. But they just strive to do it in
CTyankee
Feb 2015
#34
It is hard for me to see chiarascuro in this work. Because chiarascuro depened on
CTyankee
Feb 2015
#44
no, light and shadow were always important but I see how gaslight can influence that.
CTyankee
Feb 2015
#50
sorry to sound so snippy...I am far from expert and am an amateur in art history
CTyankee
Feb 2015
#123
In 125 Years, Millions Of People Have Looked At This Painting. No One Really Saw It Until Now.
Omaha Steve
Feb 2015
#43
Check out his book of letters to his brother. Definately not a "mad" anything. Brilliant writer too.
harun
Feb 2015
#67
He was an excellent writer. Really expressive of himself, his life and his art...
CTyankee
Feb 2015
#81
Nice to see you visit here. I do art stuff here at DU every couple of weeks or so...
CTyankee
Feb 2015
#48
I thought Benedict Cumberbatch's - Van Gogh: Painted With Words was very good, and
ND-Dem
Feb 2015
#49
and poor Theo had his own psychological problems...he lived only some six months
CTyankee
Feb 2015
#55
I wonder, tho, if he didn't want to be alone...people with bipolar disorder often cannot
CTyankee
Feb 2015
#84
so true. I used to carry a little magnifying glass into museums but I was stopped so
CTyankee
Feb 2015
#65
when I went to the Met as a teen with my aunt- she was appalled that Van Gough "wasted....
bettyellen
Feb 2015
#108
Cool...drinks around Grand Central? I would say Raines Library is the place!
bettyellen
Feb 2015
#118
OK, great! I will research what's going on where artwise in NYC in the meantime.
CTyankee
Feb 2015
#119
Yes! That was the place of my meltdown...I started crying in front of one of his
CTyankee
Feb 2015
#66
I think in my case it was because I had been to Delft and other towns where the great
CTyankee
Feb 2015
#76
Thanks for the sweet complment! I love doing the research and always have a pile of
CTyankee
Feb 2015
#105
Somewhat off-track but still interesting. Van Gogh understood the human optic system.
erronis
Sep 2015
#124
I was hoping to get to MoMA last April but illness of my art buddy and my own health issues
CTyankee
Feb 2016
#127
getting there, but slowly and with setbacks. I have to talk to my neuro doc about
CTyankee
Feb 2016
#129