{"id":3,"date":"2020-04-03T18:39:10","date_gmt":"2020-04-03T18:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.e-me.edu.gr\/hive-todoris7\/?p=3"},"modified":"2020-04-05T06:27:42","modified_gmt":"2020-04-05T06:27:42","slug":"the-magical-world-of-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.e-me.edu.gr\/hive-todoris7\/2020\/04\/03\/the-magical-world-of-art\/","title":{"rendered":"The magical world of Van Gogh’s art"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"A\u00a0The Starry Night<\/a><\/i>, June 1889.\u00a0Museum of Modern Art<\/a>, New York.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"A Bedroom in Arles<\/a><\/i>, 1888. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Church at Auvers<\/a><\/i>, 1890. Mus\u00e9e d'Orsay, Paris.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"A Road with Cypress and Star<\/a><\/i>, May 1890, Kr\u00f6ller-M\u00fcller Museum, Otterlo.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"A Memory of the Garden at Etten<\/a><\/i>, 1888.\u00a0Hermitage Museum<\/a>, St Petersburg.<\/span><\/p>\n

White House at Night<\/a><\/i>, 1890.\u00a0Hermitage Museum<\/a>, St Petersburg, painted six weeks before the artist's death. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"On Fishing Boats on the Beach at Saintes-Maries<\/i>, June 1888. Van Gogh \u00a0Museum, Amsterdam.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"A The Potato Eaters<\/a><\/i>, 1885. Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Art can be a great source of pleasure in our lives. Even a passing acquaintance with art can enrich and deepen our understanding of the world around us. There\u2019s no need to become an expert to have a meaningful relationship with art.\u00a0All it takes is a moderate attention to detail, a little bit of patience, and a willingness to reflect on your own feelings.<\/p>\n

There are no hard and fast rules about what makes a piece great, mediocre, or bad; remember, Van Gogh\u2019s work was once considered amateurish and forgettable. Art should appeal to you first through your senses. That doesn\u2019t mean a painting has to be beautiful to be good, but it must grab your eye in some way. A work might grab your attention through its subject matter, it\u2019s use of color, an interesting juxtaposition of objects, it\u2019s realistic appearance, a visual joke, or any number of other factors.<\/p>\n