Van Gogh vs Salvador Dali

train Gogh vs Salvador Dali The focus of the paper is to make a comparison and contrasts between van Goghs Starry Night and Salvador Dalis application of time. While Van Goghs theme formed the basis of expressionism in twentieth century, Dali initially became a leader of the Surrealist movement and later on real relates in psychology and science, both movements influencing their beliefs and formal approaches in classifiable ways. The Persistence of Time is regarded as one of the most famous paintings of Salvador Dali. The painting is rendered in yellow, faint brown and grim colors and has earned a world-wide recognition for Dali.Like Van Goghs Starry Night that shows typical moonlit scene in Saint-Remy asylums neighborhood where he stayed for more than a year during his last period of life, Dalis painting resembles Port Lligat, his home. Dali uses blond beaches and other imagery to which he had been exposed to as a child in his home town. analogous to Van Goghs Starry Night, the Persistence of Time could have several interpretations. Although, some could be more meaningful, others remain elusive. The table of contents of Dalis Persistence of Time are not only puzzling but open to interpretation.Contrary to Van Gogh, Dali was also a philosopher, besides an artist as mostly known. While VanGoghs was expressionist, Dali was initially a surrealist and later on developed interests in psychology and science. Persistence of Time is no more than a collection of theme that are cognition of time, reality, death, birth, and sexual desire. Orange clock placed on the rectangular table-like object is attacked by the ants show the perplexity related with time. This specific psychology as well as understanding of the reality of death could assemble the viewers behavior.Furthermore, Dali uses light in the painting, in contrast to Van Goghs Starry Night, for communicating themes of this painting. On the basis of the arguments presented in the paper, it can be conclud ed that Van Goghs Starry Night and Salvadors Persistence of Time although had some common aspects, themes of both Van Gogh and Salvador differ. While Van Gogh was an expressionist, Dali was initially a surrealist and later on developed interest in psychology and science, both movements influencing their beliefs and formal approaches in distinctive ways. Van GoghSalvador Dali