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Directed by: Matthew Stoiber St rring Vincent van Gogh & Clive Bell Vincent van Gogh Self-Portrait Oil on canvas Paris: 1887 Wadsworth Atheneum Hartford, CT Freewebs.com

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Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) Vincent van Gogh Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear Oil on canvas Arles, 1889 Courtauld Institute Galleries London, UK Joyreactor.com

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Vincent van Gogh Starry Night Oil on canvas Saint-Rmy, France: 1889 The Museum of Modern Art Ney York, NY, USA

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Web.mnstate.edu Clive Bell (1881-1964) / Formalism Mission Aesthetic Emotion Significant Form Critic, Artist, Spectator Primitive vs. Descriptive Works Formalism

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Neatorama.com Vincent van Gogh Starry Night Oil on canvas Saint-Rmy, France: 1889 The Museum of Modern Art Ney York, NY, USA Tripro.org

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Vincent van Gogh Starry Night Oil on canvas Saint-Rmy, France: 1889 The Museum of Modern Art Ney York, NY, USA

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Questions Does an aesthetic examination of Starry Night require a neo- formalist interpretation rather than a formalist interpretation? Are both insufficient? What pitfalls do you see in formalism, especially as it applies to Starry Night? How can we reconcile the apparent formal and seemingly intertwined representational aspects of Starry Night? Doe formalism (or neo-formalism) help us progress toward a definition of art? Is formalism alone sufficient?

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Bibliography Bell, Clive. The Project Gutenberg EBook, Art, by Clive Bell. Gutenberg.com: The Leading Gutenberg Site on the Net. Frederick A. Stokes Company Publishers, 25 Oct. 2005. Web. 26 Nov. 2012.. Trachtman, Paul. "Van Gogh's Night Visions." Smithsonian.com. Smithsonian Institution, Jan. 2009. Web. 26 Nov. 2012.. "Vincent Van Gogh: The Paintings (Starry Night)." Vincent: The Paintings. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Nov. 2012.. "Vincent Van Gogh." Vincent Van Gogh Gallery. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Nov. 2012..