If anyone reads Letters to Theo you will realize that Vincent was extremely analytical. I'm sure many of these elements occurred to him as he planned and executed a painting. But one of the things that truly makes him a great and genius painter is that he had an intuitive side to him that was just as active as his analytical side. So I'm sure that many of his quick, en plein air paintings were less thought out and yet still contain many of these same types of geometric harmonies.
Aren't you overanalysing it? It is possible to find countless symmetries, relations etc even in completely random structures. Good analysis should not try to find all of them, it should find the ones that matter the most. btw I don't know shit about painting, this is just a though that i had
I believe he started with a gesture, then worked in the design elements. After the drawing was designed, he transferred it to the canvas and painted it. Thanks for the question!
I suggest that VVG DID analyse his work 'cerebrally'. From reading about him, reading his letters, seeing a few of his smaller works in person and actually copying some of his work I believe VVG very deliberately worked at the technical part of making a painting. His work shows he deliberately invented his techniques, fully aware of what he was striving for. His technical progression, however, was simply visually based, (as one would expect...it is visual art...), without the language and 'modern' psychological concepts we use today, which might give the impression that he was all 'instinct'. Keep in mind that at VVG's time European ideas and understanding of 'consciousness' and psychology were just emerging from a religious framework. Friedrich Nietzsche's ideas were new and had not yet entered the mass culture. Freud was a child, a generation away from codifying 'modern' concepts of human behaviour. There was no language or conceptual framework for Vincent to 'self analyse' his work and tell others what he had discovered. But we see the results of his dedicated work.
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I'm sure VVG never analysed his work this cerebrally, it was totally instinctive.
robert mcknight thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts.
If anyone reads Letters to Theo you will realize that Vincent was extremely analytical. I'm sure many of these elements occurred to him as he planned and executed a painting. But one of the things that truly makes him a great and genius painter is that he had an intuitive side to him that was just as active as his analytical side. So I'm sure that many of his quick, en plein air paintings were less thought out and yet still contain many of these same types of geometric harmonies.
Jack Rainfield thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts!
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Great deconstruction, as always.
Thanks, I appreciate that!
Aren't you overanalysing it? It is possible to find countless symmetries, relations etc even in completely random structures. Good analysis should not try to find all of them, it should find the ones that matter the most. btw I don't know shit about painting, this is just a though that i had
Great ... thank you tavis
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Did Vincent start to draw those lines, rectangles or ellipses before he draw?
I believe he started with a gesture, then worked in the design elements. After the drawing was designed, he transferred it to the canvas and painted it. Thanks for the question!
Will you talk about how vincent van gogh created turbulence in the sky of the image(starry night)? Seemed very unique and interesting.
wow..things may i have never noticed
Sayan Dutta thanks for watching!
“Pick up a brush and begin”! -Rembrandt
I suggest that VVG DID analyse his work 'cerebrally'. From reading about him, reading his letters, seeing a few of his smaller works in person and actually copying some of his work I believe VVG very deliberately worked at the technical part of making a painting. His work shows he deliberately invented his techniques, fully aware of what he was striving for. His technical progression, however, was simply visually based, (as one would expect...it is visual art...), without the language and 'modern' psychological concepts we use today, which might give the impression that he was all 'instinct'. Keep in mind that at VVG's time European ideas and understanding of 'consciousness' and psychology were just emerging from a religious framework. Friedrich Nietzsche's ideas were new and had not yet entered the mass culture. Freud was a child, a generation away from codifying 'modern' concepts of human behaviour. There was no language or conceptual framework for Vincent to 'self analyse' his work and tell others what he had discovered. But we see the results of his dedicated work.