Today was our day to follow in the footsteps of Van Gogh. Arles literally has a path around the city of places Van Gogh painted and admired. We were able to see literally the spot he stood as he painted various landscapes and scenery. In some cases, such as one of my favorite paintings (Night's Cafe), the cafe was under construction due to it being the off season. However, we were able to see the influence and compare and contrast but it will not be possible for the painting to be one of the ones used for our presentation. However, there was several sites that were very close to unchanged and the image is obviously the scene we were staring at. In addition, we were able to discover that Van Gogh did not create the painting as one would see in real life but created different dimensions and used more complimentary colors to enhance the painting. It is almost as if he painted part of the image from one point and moved three feet to the left and painted more of the image and so on. It is interesting to us to try and speculate the reasons behind these techniques. The more we are able to see in person, the more fascinating and obscure his artwork gets.
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