Art History II -week 5 homework by Carla S Wallace

Watch the video and answer one of the following:

cwallace7 — 2015-10-22 19:31:13 UTC

What was the subject, theme or color of Vincent's early work like?

What happened to Vincent's color palette after he met the French Impressionists in Paris?

What is your opinion about why Van Gogh's appearance changes so dramatically between his various self-portraits?

One of the narrators describes Van Gogh's work as emotional...which painting did you find emotionally moving, if any?

Victoria Hargadon

2016-08-03 02:32:20 UTC

-Vincent used primarily dull, earthy colours in his early paintings. They were often representations of the poor and the poor's life.
-After encountering the French Impressionists in Paris, Van Gogh's palette became very bright and saturated,
-He had a very bad self-esteem, so he likely changed his appearance in his self-portraits to match that(?).
-One of my favourite works by Van Gogh is "The Starry Night over the Rhone", it just feels so cold and lonely...probably not the best emotion I can feel but I certainly feel something when I look at it.

Andrew Hicks

2016-08-03 20:28:54 UTC

The subject of Vincent's early work was the poor and the unemployed. The theme/color was sadness and he used different shades of brown to represent the emotions of his earliest works.

Nathaniel Hutchison

2016-08-05 17:18:44 UTC

Vincent's early works works were grim and saddening. He used dull colors for the most part. A lot of times he focused only lower class peoples to fulfill the sadness of these paintings

Bob Reitman

2016-08-26 18:33:08 UTC

I found "Sorrow" to be the most emotionally moving piece portrayed in the video. The utter despair of the woman is apparent not only from the fact that she is weeping, but also in the glum color of simple charcoal black. She is portrayed naked, which not only shows her nudity, but how bare and empty her life is.

Samaya Malone

2016-08-30 00:47:36 UTC

His early works was sad and gloomy. He used a lot of a dull colors and poverty was a big theme in his early paintings.

Jared Stevens

2016-08-31 18:53:59 UTC

I feel like his appearance changed from portrait to portrait to reflect current views in life. He may have painted his more somber self portraits in times of sadness and despair.

Chavon Jackson

2016-09-08 16:12:16 UTC

Van Gogh's appearance to me changed a lot the longer he lived and really showed how he was collapsing emotionally. you can see in a lot of his paintings, he has a very blank stare and seems distort in them... kinda like he's empty inside

Ariel Hyatt

2016-09-09 15:05:38 UTC

Out of Van Gough's most famous paintings, one I recall being emotional for me is the "Potato Eaters", because of the dem lighting and use of color in the scenery. I get the feeling of it being cold, some of the people had a positive outlook of the situation but some had a negative expression upon their face.