Vincent van Gogh: Starry Night

One era that transformed the perspective was the Expressionism era. As the Impressionism era has the idea to capture the moment as it occurred as though the artist of their craft was a photographer. The typical expressionist had a different approach. They wanted their viewer to be exposed to a psychological experience different then one they felt before. It released a more intimate relationship between the artist and the viewer. The artist or author would paint or scribe respectively what their direct feelings were and on the paper it would go as they felt it.

A very savvy artist who would articulate his abilities is Expressionist painter, Vincent van Gogh. One of his most famous paintings is that of "Starry Night". As beautiful as this painting is, it highlights many traits of the era. Initially, the viewer would gaze the entire painting, so maybe their eyes would start low being in the little town below, but as one investigates the paintings of this time, they would see that the village really plays no part in the painting. For one, see how much of the canvas the town actually occupies and then recognize the vastness of the upper two-thirds of the canvas. First, to start is by looking at the wonderfully crafted sky. Now on a normal clear night a sky full of stars and planets, but in no way does it even look that "over-the-top" and expressive. This depicts the fantastic and imaginative thoughts that artist had in this time. Life for van Gogh wasn't easy and his escape thus his psychological detriment was in his art and this skyline is what may have done it as it seems to reach for the heavens, plus possibly being on absinthe which can clearly distort any regular thought or vision a person has. This possible downer drink seemed to alleviate and rescue many psychologically tortured artist and like most alcohol it subdues sense, but blurs everything.

A piece of work that came from this period is that of Franz Kafka. His piece was named Metamorphosis this piece pushed the idea of fantasy when he decided to make the main character, Gregor a.... Roach. This representation of his fantasy would only provoke the psychological appeal. Works from this time would make you WTF! Here, in the Metamorphosis one would say the same. The author would be going through different moments in his or her life, and thus the subjectivity of their work would be presented.

In addition, this was a time when the order of Karl Marx took storm, and the estranged alienation that society and the individual felt are within the pages of Kafka as Gregor lives life as a cockroach. Also, the various relationships within the story such as the bullying type relationship he has with his job and his boss. Next is that between he and his family which are virtually using him to a back breaking extent, and then show hardly any form of sympathy for his new transformation and are only able to find true happiness when he finally dies.

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