a-mighty-fine-blog

  • Subscribe to our RSS feed.
  • Twitter
  • StumbleUpon
  • Reddit
  • Facebook
  • Digg

Friday, 26 February 2010

Artist: Vincent Van Gogh

Posted on 09:00 by john mical
One of the most religiously inspired, and some say tortured, artists of the impressionist era is Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890). Before turning exclusively to a career as an artist, he tried and failed at being an art dealer and a minister. Knowing that professional chronology offers new insights into his painting, "Starry Night" (1889) where the lights in the small French town and stars above are aglow, but the lights in the chapel are dark.
Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Facebook
Posted in | No comments
Newer Post Older Post Home

0 comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

Popular Posts

  • Art in Academia (SARTS) | MN
    The Society for the Arts in Religious and Theological Studies or "SARTS" had its charter meeting at the 2002 AAR/SBL (American Ac...
  • About: Faith & Form | DC
    Faith & Form , as an organization and a journal developed over a 40 years period. Its roots include the Church Architecture Guild of Nor...
  • Byzantine Art (c. 324-1453)
    Byzantine art developed once the Roman emperor Constantine I relocated the Roman capital to the old city of  Byzantium  and rebuilt it as  C...
  • Christian Visual Artists | MA
    Founded in 1979, Christians in the Visual Arts exists to explore and nurture the relationship between the Christian artist in the church an...
  • "The Last Supper" by Leonardo da Vinci
    ALPHA OMEGA ARTS  By Tahlib Perhaps the most famous of religious painting, Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper (1495-1497) is a "m...
  • Medieval Art (c. 100-1453)
    Sandwiched between the period of Roman art and the Renaissance, the Medieval period (of roughly 1,000 years) is the time period where the ar...
  • Society for R.A. | NY/PA
    The Society for the Art, Religion and Contemporary Culture ( ARC ) was established in 1961 and is based in Kutztown, PA. Its archives are ma...
  • Ash Wednesday: Beginning a 40 Day Lent Journey
    ALPHA OMEGA ARTS By Tahlib And so it begins today, Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, 40 days of fasting & prayer in preparati...
  • Vatican v. Protestant Thinkers
    RELIGION DISPATCHES - There seem to be two very different Vaticans these days. On one side is The Church and on the other side we have the ...
  • Immaculate Conception | DC
    The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., is the pre-eminent Marian shrine of the Roman Catholi...

Categories

  • @Easter
  • @IMAmuseum
  • @MoBIAnyc
  • @MoCRAslu
  • 365 Days
  • Africa
  • AOANews
  • AOMeetup
  • AOPrize
  • Art Christian
  • Art Hindu
  • Artist_AGaudi
  • Artist_ANes
  • Artist_AWarhol
  • Artist_HFinster
  • Artist_HZughaib
  • Artist_JEnsor
  • Artist_KWiley
  • Artist_LdaVinci
  • Artist_RCianni
  • Artist_RCrumb
  • Artists_AWarhol
  • Arts Education
  • Arts Management
  • Asia
  • BFA Nominee
  • California
  • Candelmas
  • Catholic
  • Censorship
  • Collectors
  • Crisis Mgt
  • Europe
  • Excel
  • Film Arts
  • Florida
  • Galleries
  • Georgia
  • Gods Art Museums
  • Holydays Art
  • Illinois
  • Indiana
  • Iowa
  • Kentucky
  • Massachusetts
  • MCC
  • Michigan
  • Minnesota
  • Missouri
  • Movies2009
  • Museums
  • New Jersey
  • New Mexico
  • New Years Day Resolutions
  • New York
  • Ohio
  • Pennsylvania
  • Performing Arts
  • Philanthropy
  • Roman Catholic
  • Sacred Spaces
  • Tahlib
  • Texas
  • Washington DC

Blog Archive

  • ▼  2010 (87)
    • ►  March (31)
    • ▼  February (25)
      • Riverside Church | NYC
      • Artist: Vincent Van Gogh
      • Metropolitan Museum of Art Collections
      • Catholic Mexican Art
      • Quoting Oscar Wilde
      • Byzantine Art (c. 324-1453)
      • Vatican Museums
      • Jesus MCC | Indy
      • Illuminated Psalms by Jewish Artist
      • "The Last Supper" by Leonardo da Vinci
      • Ash Wednesday: Beginning a 40 Day Lent Journey
      • The Cloisters | NY
      • Nazca Lines |Peru
      • Scientists of Religion | Cincinnati
      • Scientists of Religion | Cincinnati
      • Quoting Moliere
      • Medieval Art (c. 100-1453)
      • Artist: Sandro Botticelli
      • Vatican v. Protestant Thinkers
      • Artist: Jerry Traufler | Iowa
      • New Book: Passion in Venice
      • Mark Rothko | National Gallery
      • Hamper Sitting
      • Holy-day Art for Candelmas | Art by Stephan Lochner
      • Quote: Oscar Wilde
    • ►  January (31)
  • ►  2009 (23)
    • ►  December (2)
    • ►  November (3)
    • ►  October (3)
    • ►  September (2)
    • ►  August (5)
    • ►  April (5)
    • ►  February (2)
    • ►  January (1)
  • ►  2008 (15)
    • ►  December (1)
    • ►  November (1)
    • ►  October (1)
    • ►  September (1)
    • ►  August (1)
    • ►  July (7)
    • ►  June (3)
  • ►  2007 (1)
    • ►  August (1)
Powered by Blogger.

About Me

john mical
View my complete profile