Question

How does the artist Vincent Van Gogh use line, shape, space, value, color and texture in the painting Starry Night? What type of symmetry does this painting have? Is there movement? Rhythm? Contrast?

Answer 1

Van Gogh uses line in the slanted detailing on the roofs of the village in the city. He uses shape in the starts and moon. Value is used in the darkness and  lightness of the sky more value is used in the darker areas. Cool colors are used. The texture used is quick short brushstroked. It has radial symmetry. Yes, there is movement in the sky to make the wind look life-like. Rhythm in the way the wind moves and how the picture flows. There is contrast with the light bright colors in the sky in contrast with the dark almost black colors of the village.