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Summary: The Starry Night was painted in 1888 buy Dutch impressionist artist Vincent van Gogh. The painting uses impressionism, painting strokes to capture the mood instead of an accurate depiction. Since its creation in 1941, The Starry Night has become one of the most famous paintings in the world and is held in the Museum of Modern Arts in New York City.
Source: This painting was by Vincent van Gogh, one of the most popular artists in the world today. His work is priceless, as all of his paintings are beautiful. Any museum would love to have just one of his pictures. Even though he died in the early 1800's, his work has become infinitely famous.
Context: Van Gogh created this picture by looking outside his sanitarium room at night. The exigence is the beauty and mood of the night that few artists were able to capture until van Gogh.
Purpose: The painter's purpose was to not simply paint what the night looked like, but to give the painting a mood or feeling that any viewer could easily identify. I think he accomplished this purpose extremely well.
Rhetorical Devices: Van Gogh was an impressionist, so clearly The Starry Night was an example of impressionism. The brush stokes do not look clear when looking at the image close, however when you back away and see the entire image a mood or feeling is created. This was van Gogh's purpose. He also portrayed mood using color. He juxtaposes light and dark figures, when night is usually thought of as entirely dark.
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