The thing that touches me the most about Vincent's art is that you can see his brushstrokes. Those brushstrokes are the way Vincent achieves immortality. I don not believe in God or heaven, but I do believe in brushstrokes. Usually these are hidden or blended in so that the canvass looks like a photo -- even before the invention of cameras. By letting us see his brushstrokes, Vincent was letting us peek into the creative fires of an artist.
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
YouTube Video: "Art Eyes: The Eyes of Vincent Van Gogh"
This is a very short video (1 minute 14 seconds) put up by the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC of one of Vincent's many self-portraits. It focuses on seeing Vincent's brushstrokes and glops of paint in places which tell just as much about what type of person Vincent was as does his physical features.
The thing that touches me the most about Vincent's art is that you can see his brushstrokes. Those brushstrokes are the way Vincent achieves immortality. I don not believe in God or heaven, but I do believe in brushstrokes. Usually these are hidden or blended in so that the canvass looks like a photo -- even before the invention of cameras. By letting us see his brushstrokes, Vincent was letting us peek into the creative fires of an artist.
The thing that touches me the most about Vincent's art is that you can see his brushstrokes. Those brushstrokes are the way Vincent achieves immortality. I don not believe in God or heaven, but I do believe in brushstrokes. Usually these are hidden or blended in so that the canvass looks like a photo -- even before the invention of cameras. By letting us see his brushstrokes, Vincent was letting us peek into the creative fires of an artist.
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