Art plays a major role in the society that helps us understand issues that range from social, political or economic aspects through the messages and themes displayed by artistic products such as sculptures, paintings, drawings, fashion, music and drama among others forms of art. Art, hence, has enabled people to understand history especially when the ancient artworks is analyzed and compared to the contemporary times. Art has also contributed positively to many developments in society such as the creation of employment to different artists in the diverse art fields either directly or indirectly such as in museums for employed workers as well as provide opportunities in the education sector such as art teachers and professors among other benefits. However, this paper presents a comparison of two great artwork of Vincent Van Gogh, Starry Night, 1889 found in the textbook “Gateways to Art” and the second artwork from the Contemporary Art Center (CAC) noting the various artistic skills and techniques used in each, the message and themes that they display.
The piece by Vincent Van Gogh, Starry Night, 1889 found in the textbook uses design theme of color extensively to express the message in work. The choice of color used also help pass the message with ease. Gogh loved nature and especially night scene that he stated that it looked more beautiful than the day due to the many natural features presented such moon and the stars that make nature look beautiful at night. He has used bright and dull colors that help him presents the various components of the work. Bright colors of orange and yellow are used to present the moon and the stars that make it easy for viewers to interpret and analyze the work and get meaning g with ease. Dull colors of sky blue present the sky and the background seen at night. The use of colors and light has, thus, enabled other natural features to be displayed in work such as trees and houses because of the light from the moon. Color technique, thus, can be analyzed as a single design technique. The work from CAC (second option) also uses the color designs technique. It presents the picture of a bearded man that incorporates both bright and dull colors in various part of the picture to enable easy visibility and distinguish the various parts of the body. For example, the head has a bright red color to enable viewers to note the hat that the man in the picture wears. The face also uses a different color that is luminous green and yellow to enable easy identification of the person. The beards of the man use a different color as well as the coat that the person wears. The background of the painting also is plain and uses a different color that enhances visibility to the audience of the work enabling easy interpretation of the painting and message passed. The background of the work by Gogh found in the text, however, presents the natural features where skies, the moon, and stars are displayed using different colors to make it easier for viewers to interpret the work and get meaning with ease unlike the piece from CAC. The work by Gogh presented in the year 1889 conforms to the traditional requirements of Art at the time that linked artistic products to nature that allowed most of the artistic products such as paintings and drawings to represent nature such as noted in work presenting the night natural set up. The working form CAC, on the other hand, presents a picture of a person that indicates it is most likely a product that was produced after the extensive reforms and liberalization of the Art world from the ancient and traditional perceptions. The two pieces, thus, when compared display difference philosophies that dominated at the various times that they were produced with Gogh work indicating the traditional movements while the piece from CAC the contemporary art movements.
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Gogh’s work, Starry Night, uses a different technique of Oil on Canvas that dominated the ancient times as observed in many works produced at the same period such as Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci among others. The technique allows artists to sketch the work on canvas with a thinned paint or charcoal. The products delivered using the methods take long to dry, unlike the contemporary times. The second work from CAC uses a different method and technique that entails the contemporary paintings and art methods different from the Oil on Canvas. The technique used to produce artistic works does not count provided other relevant skills and design themes such as lines, color, patterns and rhythms are used effectively results to quality artwork product.
Gogh’s work also uses pattern and rhythms as an art technique to help add beauty to work as well as deliver the message with ease. It enables various components to be presented such as the stars and, hence, help the artists deliver the message with ease as well as produce and exceptional work with high quality. The use of patterns and rhythms enables the natural features such as the skies and stars displayed consistently and at the same time consider the dimensions of the various objects placed in the picture to enable the viewers to interpret the work with ease. For example, the size and dimensions of the stars are smaller when compared to the moon as well as the number of stars in the picture is many against one moon. It replicates what is displayed in the natural features, thus, making the work display intended information, and theme to its audience with ease. However, the dimension used in work from CAC is equally balanced. It presents a single object, that is, the picture of a man from the stomach going upwards. The use of dimensions properly has enabled various components of the objects such as the head, neck, beards, and body have different dimension that can be linked to the real status and appearance of human beings. The line technique in art helped the artists master the skills and style theme of lines that they used and show in work through a proper dimension of various parts of the objects in the paintings or any other artistic work such as sculptures. The two pieces from CAC and Gateways to Art textbook both show the use of line technique that works well for both improving the quality of the work.
In conclusion, the work from CAC and Gogh’s work, Starry Night, in the present textbook examples of great artistic work done during different times. They both indicate high displays of artistic skills and techniques such good use of color, line techniques, patterns and rhythms that all contribute to the great work as observed. They both have similarities such as in the use of artistic techniques displayed in both pieces such as proper use of color and line as designs themes, and differences such differing periods that each was produced, hence, display mixed messages such as nature against human interest as noted in the two pieces. Art, therefore, needs to be supported by all either directly or indirectly that would ensure excellent artistic work such as presented in the CAC and the textbook continue to be produced by the artist from across the world.
