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VINCENT DENIZE G. KOYANAGI
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN AVIATION ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY
1 - EMBRAER

MR. JAYSON C. DIZON

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Starry, starry night, paint your

palette blue and grey. Look out on a
summer’s day, with eyes
That knows the darkness -within my
Don Mclean’s Starry Night

soul.
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Vincent
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Starry
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Source
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1. What is the source of the image? How did
you find the source?
-The source of the image is The Van
Gogh Gallery Website
2. Are there pieces of information about the
source of the image?
-Yes, information about the
website/source was provided.
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- The source was one of the most trusted
websites and it is often visited by fans of

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Vincent Van Gogh. Information are also
reliable since sources and other references
were also stated within the website itself.
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Can you determine the information
which accompanies the image?
- Yes, the source provided all the
information needed.
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- Yes, the information provided by the

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3. What are sufficient
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important details about the image.
- The image contains an artist’s view of
Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, a commune in the
southern part
4. Are there of France.
people/animals/objects in the
image? How are they presented?
- Yes, there are objects such as the moon,
stars, clouds, houses, and Cypress tree.
These objects are presented with the
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-The image depicts a dreamy interpretation of

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the artist's asylum room's sweeping view of
Saint-Rémy-de-Provence. The message is clear

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since
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elements resemblance
in the to the
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the
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message?
-Elements such as the Cypress tree and the
houses posts as supporting elements to
depict
7. Whatthe artist’s
feelings doessweeping
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evoke?
Rémy-de-Provence.
-The image evokes a calm feeling since it
depicts night time with clear skies, bright
stars, and the moon.
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-Other people without proper understanding
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see the image as a simple painting and
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without proper knowledge about the art’s true

value. They may only see this as a simple
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wallpaper for their computers or smartphones.

Audience
1. Who is the target audience?
- Vincent Van Gogh made this artwork
during his stay in an asylum. He made the
“Starry Night” since painting is his hobby,
so it is quite unclear if he made this
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- Since Van Gogh’s death, his artworks were

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opened to public and many people’s

attention were caught because of how
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stunning his artworks are. His artworks’

sophisticated style and simplicity gave me
Author
an idea about the target audience.
1. Is the name of the author given?
-Yes, the name of the author was given.
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-The author of the artwork is Vincent Van Gogh.

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3. What are the credentials of the author?
-Vincent Van Gogh, one of the most well-known
post-impressionist artists, for whom color was
the chief symbol of expression, was born in
Groot-Zundert, Holland on March 30, 1853.
4. What is the author’s purpose
-History has it that Van Gogh painted Starry
Night while in the mental hospital, and that the
landscape in the painting is the view Van Gogh
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 Visual
1. How do you find the layout, design, and
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- I find the layout, design, and color enticing.

The style that Vincent Van Gogh used is knows
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as Post-Impressionism. He used these layouts

with justice to his artworks since the end
results are identify
2. Can you stunningwhat
and is
distinct from others.
the foreground and
in the background? What are they?
- Yes, the foreground consists of tall trees
which stretches from Earth to sky while the
background is composed of the bright moon
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1. What can you say about the color and size
of the image?
-Although Vincent Van Gogh’s impression of
his artwork is night time, the colors used were
vivid and bright and the image is clear. In
terms of the image size, the image doesn’t
really consume that much space, at only
2.71mb of file consumption, it’s not really a
space-consuming image. Image size is on par
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- The quality of the image is high, with a

resolution
3. of 2560 x 1600 pixels. It is clear
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enough to see every attention to detail.

-Although the painting itself is not
copyrighted, you cannot create an exact
replica or a perfect photograph of the
painting and use it for commercial purposes.
If you are looking to use a picture or image
of the painting for personal or non-
commercial purposes, then you are free to
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 References

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1. https://www.vangoghgallery.com/painting/
starry-night.html
2. https://www.vincentvangogh.org/starry-ni
ght.jsp
3. https://painting-planet.com/starry-night-b
y-vincent-van-gogh/
4. https://www.vangoghstudio.com/starry-nig
ht-by-vincent-van-gogh/