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Final Review of "What Makes a van Gogh a van Gogh" by Muhlberger, and information about Vincent and Cypresses

I finished reading “What Makes a van Gogh a van Gogh” tonight. I really enjoyed it. It is a short little book, with a great deal of pictures that show excellent details of Vincent’s works. I learned that in Vincent’s “Starry Night”, the big mystery thing at the left is assumed to be Cypresses. Vincent loved Cypresses, and felt like no one could paint them the way he felt them, so he painted and drew many cypresses. After looking at several of Vincent’s paintings of Cypresses and reading “What Makes a van Gogh a van Gogh”, it does seem like the “thing” in “Starry Night” is indeed Cypresses (Muhlberger, pp. 32-37, 2002).

Below are some of Vincent’s works featuring Cypresses, from Vincent Van Gogh — The Complete Works on CDRom. Enjoy…
(Hint: If you click on the images, you can see a larger view.)

References
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Muhlberger, R (2002). What makes a van gogh a van gogh?. New York, New York: Penguin Group.

October 24 2006 | Muhlberger and Starry Night Cypresses and Vincent van Gogh and What Makes a Van Gogh a Van Gogh | 1 Comment »