Desrcibe the expressive qualities you find in the work starry night by Van Gogh

Question

what expressive language would you use to describe the qualities ( tranquil, realistic, abstract, bold?)
what message are communicated through the work? how does the work relate to other ideas or events in the world?

please help its for my assignment on van gogh starry night.

Answer 1

Well to me, I think the piece creates an overall feeling of tranquility before disaster. The piece looks kind of chilling to me, yet it's not chaotic. It's just the big black swirls on the left of the piece kind of seem like the 'storm' while the little town is the 'calm'. You know, the calm before the storm. I guess it's all about one's own perspective, but that's how the piece always seemed to me. Like a mixture of good and evil.