Van Gogh
Imitationalism and literal
qualities
This painting is very authentic
because Van Gogh made this self-portrait in 1887. In my opinion Van Gogh
specialized in realism because almost all or all of his paintings were
realistic (made to look Real), for example Van Gogh made a composition called
“Crows over Cornfield” and it looks exactly like real crows flying over real
cornfields, just like Van Gogh’s Self-portrait with his straw hat looks just
like him which makes it very representational. I think this piece of art has
literal quality because the message in this painting could be saying or showing
that he is depressed, or lonely. This picture has precise design because it
captures every small detail like the colour in his hair or his eyes because Van
Gogh made it look like he really focused on the colour in his eyes and showed
the true features of his beard and the brush strokes adds that exact bit of detail
it needs. I would say it is very life like because it looks just like him. This
painting looks so real its almost as if he is sitting right in front of me.
Formalism and Design
This piece of art
successfully shows formalism and design. The elements I see that were included
here were Value, Texture, Line, Colour, Shape, Form, Unity, Balance, Contrast,
and Pattern.
The different colour of paint
in certain colours creates some value, the brush strokes make it look bumpy and
slightly rough, you can see the lines from the brush, which was on purpose
because that is Van Gogh’s style, there is multiple colours through out this
painting such as orang, yellow, black, green, brown, white, etc., there is
shape because his hat is a shape his eyes are circles etc., there is positive
and negative space, the positive space is Van Gogh and the negative is the
background, I would say there is form because this painting is 2D but it looks
like a 3D picture, I think it is balanced because the brush strokes complement
the colours, I think there is contrast because in some areas the colour really
stands out, I think the little lines create a pattern amongst this
painting.
Emotionalism and Expressive
Qualities
I think this piece would fail
in Emotionalism because you cant exactly get a feeling from this artwork, in my
opinion its just a plane Jane piece of art work (the phrase “Plane Jane” just
means its boring) who wants to say that about a piece or work? Certainly NOT
me!
Written by Madison