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❓Competency Questions

What is the interpretation of the "Starry Night" given by Lauren Soth?

Answer: Religious meaning

  1. Which biblical episode the “Starry Night” relates to?

Answer: The Agony in the Garden

  1. When and where did the idea of Starry Night first come into Van Gogh's mind?

Answer: The spring of 1888. In Arles, France

  1. What is the real place that Van Gogh depicts in the "Starry Night"?

Answer: The Alpilles mountains

  1. What were Van Gogh's artworks preceding the ‘Starry Night’ (sharing the same concept of starry night)?

Answer: Cafe Terrace at Night, Starry Night Order the Rhone

  1. What artistic approach does Vincent van Gogh use in the “Starry Night”?

Answer: Working from imagination

  1. Who Van Gogh was sharing the idea of working from the imagination with?

Answer: Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin and Émile Bernard

  1. What was the inspiration source for the “Starry Night”?

Answer: Images of crescents in art, Typical churches of Brabant Netherlands, Imagination of something sublime, View From Bedroom Window

  1. What are the colors used in the “Starry Night”?

Answer: Blue, Citron-yellow

  1. What determines the choice of colors for the “Starry Night”?

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