Art Appreciation_Historical-Biographical Approach and Art.pdf

College Undergraduate lesson on Historical-Biographical Approach and Art from Art Appreciation class course

1. ART
APPRECIATION
Week 8: Historical-
Biographical Approach
and Art
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2. Are you familiar with
the song Vincent?
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3. Starry starry night
Paint your palette
blue and gray
Look out on a
summer’s day
With eyes that know
the darkness in my
soul
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4. Shadows on the hills
Sketch the trees and
the daffodils
Catch the breeze and
the winter chills
In colors on the snowy
linen land
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5. Now I understand
What you tried to say to me
How you suffered for your
sanity
How you tried to set them
free
They would not listen they
did not how
Perhaps they’ll listen now
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6. Starry starry night
Flaming flowers that brightly
blaze
Swirling clouds in violet haze
Reflect in Vincent’s eyes of
chinablue
Colors changing hue
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7. Morning fields of amber
grain
Weathered faces lined in
pain
Are soothed beneath the
artist’s loving hand
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8. Now I understand
What you tried to say to me
How you suffered for your
sanity
How you tried to set them
free
They would not listen they
did not know how
Perhaps they’ll listen now
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9. For they could not
love you
But still your love was
true
And when no hope
was left inside
On that starry starry
night
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10. You took your life as
lovers often do
But I could have told
you Vincent
This world was never
meant for one as
beautiful as you
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11. Starry starry night
Portraits hung in
empty halls
Frameless heads on
nameless walls
With eyes that watch
the world and can’t
forget
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12. Like the strangers that
you’ve met
The ragged men in
ragged clothes
The silver thorn of
bloody rose
Lie crushed and
broken on the virgin
snow
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13. Now I think I know
What you tried to say
to me
How you suffered for
your sanity
How you tried to set
them free
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14. They did not listen,
they’re not listening
still
Perhaps they never
will
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15. It was painted in 1889
It may be the skyline
of Saint Remy de
Provence
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16. He made this while he
was in an asylum
He was in relapse
when he painted the
famous artwork
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17. He lived during the
time of the
Impressionist and
Post-Impressionist
Influence on his
choice of colors that
impacted his artwork
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18. Some Questions:
•What personal details about the
author can be connected to the
artwork and how are these
evident?
•What impact do these personal
details have on the design and
elements of the artwork?
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19. Some Questions:
•Are there bigger movements
(political, social, or cultural) during
the creator’s time that influenced
his/her artwork?
•How are these events relevant to
the artwork?
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20. References:
The Van Gogh Gallery . (n.d.). Vincent Van Gogh’s Biography:
Impact on Art. Retrieved from
https://www.vangoghgallery.com/misc/impact.html
Van Gogh, V. (1925). Starry Night. Museum of Modern Art
(Public Domain). Retrieved from
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Van_Gogh_-_Starry_Night_-
_Google_Art_Project.jpg
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