❓Competency Questions

Van Gogh's Agony

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”?

Answer: Religious meaning

Vincent van Gogh: The Starry Night

1. What is the biography of Vincent Van Gogh?

Answer: Vincent Willem van Gogh, Dutch, 1853, post-Impressionist

1. What are the different art movements that Van Gogh was associated with during his career?

Answer: Expressionism, Impressionism, Post-Impressionism

1. What is the relationship between the post-Impressionist and Impressionist art movements?

Answer: Post-Impressionism was influenced by Impressionism

1. What is the main focus of Impressionism?

Answer: Natural Colors, Use of Light

1. What are the key characteristics of Post-Impressionist art?

Answer: Structured Compositions, Subjective Emotional Expression

1. What is Van Gogh's use of colors like in his paintings?

Answer: Bright Colors, Contrasting Colors

1. What are the different interpretations of “Starry Night”?

Answer: Personal Struggles with Mental Illness, Transformative Power of Nature and Art

1. What is the association of the brushstrokes in “Starry Night”?

Answer: Emotional State

1. What kind of brushstrokes did Van Gogh use in “Starry Night”?

Answer: Bold Brushstrokes, Expressive Brushstrokes

1. What is the significance of the brushstrokes in “Starry Night” by Van Gogh?

Answer: Unique Style

1. What are the different elements of art that Van Gogh utilized in “Starry Night”?

Answer: Color, Line, Shape, Texture

1. What are some examples of popular culture references to “Starry Night”?

Answer: Films, Music, Television

1. What impact did "Starry Night" have on the art world when it was first created?

Answer: Development of Modern Art

1. What was the inspiration behind Van Gogh's “Starry Night”?

Answer: View From Bedroom Window

1. What was the setting or location of the inspiration for “Starry Night”?

Answer: France, Saint-Paul-de-Mausole Asylum, Saint-Rémy-de-Provence

1. What are the effects of using complementary colors in “Starry Night”?

Answer: Balance, Visual Tension

Comparison

1. What are the different interpretations of “Starry Night”?

Answer: Personal Struggles with Mental Illness, Transformative Power of Nature and Art, Religious meaning

1. Which paintings by Van Gogh related to the post-Impressionist movement?

Answer: Cafe Terrace at Night, Irises, Starry Night, Starry Night Order the Rhone, The Bedroom

1. What was the inspiration behind Van Gogh's “Starry Night”?

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