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Two face
the goofy face was made by accident
Contour Outline of Self-Portrait Photograph
quite difficult
Positive and negetive
Final Silkscreen printing
Black print
Fairly easy
Painted two-face
the process was very messy
Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890), Paris,
(December 1887 - February 1888)
Title :
oil on canvas,
65.1 cm x 50 cm
Credits (obliged to state): Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam (Vincent van Gogh Foundation)
SEE
(Describe what you see)
THINK
(Analyse & Interpret)
WONDER
(Develop Curiosity)
What do you see?
What are the subjects in the Artwork?
What are the Elements of Art used in the Artwork?
What are some subjects in the foreground, middleground and background of the Artwork?
How are the subject matters arranged?
Why did you think the artist arranged the subjects in this manner?
What do you think the Artist is trying to communicate in the artwork? How does the artwork make you feel?
How do you think the elements of art were used to convey the Artist's intentions?
How was principles of design used to communicate and idea/ emotion?
Why do you think the Artist emphasised certain element in the work?
What are you curious about the Artwork?
What are you wonder about the Artist's thought processes?
What is interesting to you about this Artwork? And why?
Are there any areas such as the title, style, or medium of the artwork that you are unsure and would like to know more?
What do you like to keep, destroy or replace? Why?
I see a man in his middle age, with sad looking eyes, steady hands, painting alone in a blank white background. He looks like an Italian, with short hair and red beard.
The strokes are rough and saturated, while the background is blank but impure.
The rough strokes symbolize a rough life, with the empty background and the sad eyes showing his loneliness and sadness, with no one there for him, painting alone in the emptiness.
He went through pain, sadness, disappointment, loneliness, and most of all, emotional damage.
While painting this painting, he was letting out all his feelings, painting from his own perspective.
Personally, I would keep the expression of the person and the mood, because it gives out plenty of emotion and meaning. The background however, is quite unsuitable in my view, because I would prefer a darker background with small dark smudges.
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