Week 6*~ Rythm

When looking at The Starry Night by Van Gogh, our eyes are captivated by extreme movement on a still canvas. This movement travels upwards through the mountains, continuing up the landscape and reaches the sky. This movement keeps us visually stimulated, and always returns to the center of the swirling stars and brushstrokes that make up the sky. We travel through the piece, and always end up in the center where the movement begins and ends. This keeps viewers from ever leaving the frame, and although we come close to the borders, redirects us back to the points of interest in the center. Repeating curves, and consistency in repetitions make up the sky in this piece, and everything connects and flows. This is how rhythm was created by Van Gogh in his composition The Starry Night.