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The Night Watch by Rembrandt van Rijn

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December 2, 201317th Century History Painting WesternNo comments

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The most famous paintings in the world generally haven’t been found with any major historical events (except The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci and The Creation of Adam by Michelangelo). The subjects of most such paintings have been a portrait of a rich woman or a girl, a group or a portrayal of a landscape. The subject was nothing in particularly that much adorned or famous or important at the time those painting were being created. The subject got famous after the spectacular paintings by the painter got revealed towards the world and more importantly the unique features of those paintings which helped those paintings becoming famous. The represented painting, The Night Watch by Rembrandt van Rijn, doesn’t fit in the category. The subject […]

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The Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh

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August 12, 201319th Century Landscape Painting WesternNo comments

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An inspiration for many, this painting has become Van Gogh’s most famous art work of all time as it has appeared in many TV shows and a movie. Van Gogh painted it while being in a room of Saint Remy’s. Nevertheless, as many people believe that it is literal depiction of the outer view from the windows of the room, the truth is Van Gogh did many displacement and add-ons to the scene to make it more perfect. The village and the blue sky are true to the real nature and there is no mention about any changes (as he did change the location of a constellation in his previous painting Starry Night over the Rhone). But the cypress is totally added and the mountain […]

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Mountains at Saint Remy by Vincent van Gogh

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April 17, 201319th Century Impressionism Landscape Painting WesternNo comments

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  Description of St. Remy by George Hruby, one of our readers, who personally has visited the place: “St. Remy is a small village that goes upward in elevation towards a mountain pass.  The hospital that Van Gogh was at is located on the edge of the village at the very top, probably to be secluded somewhat from the rest of the village below.  It was set among olive groves which are still there today but what was simply surreal was that also, as you walk out of the hospital grounds (which they allowed him to do to paint), you are immediately among the ruins of a Roman city called “Glanum.”  One of his paintings is in fact of a Roman road lined with olive […]

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