• Painting "Starry Night" by Edvard Munch

     

    Essays1 Art

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Published: 23.05.2002.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'Painting "Starry Night" by Edvard Munch', 1.
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This abstract painting, Starry Night, by Edvard Munch represents a Norwegian landscape in which the style he paints it in expresses his feelings and we can see them through the use of various elements. The foreground which is defined by the rhythmic shoreline, includes a white fence set diagonally entrapping clumps of bushes and trees on which we can also see the shadow of two lovers embracing each other in the dark. The sky is filled with specks of stars and soft lighting which comes from the moon hidden behind the heavy clouds. …

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