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In his youth Van Gogh worked in a company selling artwork, and after some time working as a teacher, he served as a missionary who works in a very poor mining region. At age 16, Vincent was sent to study in The Hague to work on his uncle who is a partner of international companies that trade in works of art. There he studied painting at the Anton Mauve. After failing to deal with clients, he was sent to London and then moved his uncles place to another, until he surprised everyone in the ability of sermon. He also learned in a gospel training in Belgium, but leave to work as a preacher among the impoverished miners there. 

At the age of 27, he found his true calling and returned to the Netherlands. He made a work that according to his humanity, potato eaters (1885), a dark and gloomy, expressing sadness and poverty of people in his paintings. That same year, he enrolled at the art academy in Antwerp, Belgium. But he went on day two, after the teacher said that his brush strokes are too heavy. In this city he had influenced the style of Peter Paul Rubens paintings and Japanese painter named Hokusai (1760-1849). 

One of Van Gogh paintings 

Later, he and Theo went to Paris in 1886. After that, Vincent moved to Arles, while Theo stayed and served to sell his paintings. Van Gouh left brush strokes are bold and the reality of morality. He decided to use bright colors to express symbolism in his paintings of fields, trees and rural life such as Night Watch (1888) and Starry Night (1889). He then invited the painter Paul Gauguin to join. However, after they quarreled and went Gauguin, Van Gogh suffered severe depression. 

Initially follow the typical painter of his time with the impressionism style. But dissatisfaction with the restraints of artistic expression by impressionism grip makes it turn on the style of expressionism. Vincent Van Gogh was diagnosed with severe epilepsy.Diagnosis is made by 2 different doctors who cared for him. Van Gogh also had to cut his own ear. At the end of his life, he felt himself to be mad and end up spending the rest of life in Mental Hospital Saint Paul-de-Mausole in Saint-Remy-de-Provence, France. In Mental Hospital Saint Paul-de-Mausole, he’s still painting. 

Another source of his death said that the brother finally sent her to the hospital the soul to rest. Van Gogh was quiet in the place and started painting again. Finally he came out and stayed in a hostel. Depression that has not lost a total make shot himself on July 27, 1890.He was discovered by the owner of the forest bungalow, and because it has not died, his brother was called. Two days later Van Gogh died and was buried. After Theo’s death, he was buried beside his brother. During his lifetime, Vincent Van Gogh only sold one painting, “Red Vineyard at Arles” (1889). 

One of his paintings 

Painting Van Gogh Painting Works 
(1885) potato eaters 
(1888) Bedroom in Arles 
(1888) cafe terrace at night 
(1888) Gardens of red wine 
(1888) Cafe tonight 
(1889) Evening Star 
(1889) + Iris Flowers 
(1889) Pot with 12 sunflowers 
(1889) Portrait de l’artiste sans Barbe + 
(1890) Portrait of Dr.. Gachet + 
(1890) wheat field with crows 
(1890) Women farmers with wheat background 
+ It is a painting which reached a record high sales value. 

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Bob Dylan Exhibition at the Peebles Gallery in the Scottish Borders:

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Bob Dylan Exhibition at the Cardiff Bay, Wales:

From September 2010 until April 2011 the National Gallery of Denmark exhibited The Brazil Series.  This consisted of 40 large-scale acrylic paintings of figurative scenes from Brazilian slums, farms and beaches.  These works were heavily inspired by the Post-Impressionists and by Van Gogh and Gauguin in particular.  The exhibition can be seen here:

The Gagosian Gallery will be exhibiting Dylan’s paintings at their Madison Avenue Gallery in New York in  September-October 2011.  This will be the Asia Series, and should be popular with art collectors and Dylan fans.

Eventually, he traveled to Munich in Germany after convincing himself he would do well in politics, though he had no experience whatsoever. He had served four years in the army and though he earned an Iron Cross, he was only brought up into Corporal position. While in Munich, he contrived staying in the army because it was a way to live and be fed and didn’t particularly mean hard work. One day in September 1919, he was given an order to check out a small political group that called itself the German Workers’ Party. When he went to investigate it, he found a gathering of about twenty five people in the back of a beer hall. The next day, he was invited to join their party. After agonoizing thought upon the decision, he decided he would join in order to take a small step towards his political goal and while there, developed the Nazi (short for Nationalsozialistische) party. He assumed the title of Fuehrer, or Leader. This small group helped Hitler along the political road he needed and by the autumn of 1923, Hitler belived himself strong enough to conquer Germany. His first attempt being “The Beer Hall Putsch”. Toward the end of 1923, Hitler believed his group was well off enough to overthrow the German Republic. Hitler was overestimating himself quite a bit. On November 8th (He was 34 by this time), he led his armed group to a large beer hall on the outskirts of Munich. A politilcal gathering of about 3,000 people had begun there-organized by three men governing Bavaria. Those three were: Gustav von Kahr (state commissioner), General Otto von Lossow (commander of German armed forces in Bavaria), and Colonol Hans von Seisser (head of Bavarian state police). Gustav von Kahr was in the middle of his speech when a  shot was fired in the hall. Hitler had fired his pistol at the ceiling and climbed on a table to direct attention to himself, then shouted about a new revolution beginning, hopped off the table and herded the three men in charge into a small room offstage. He then pointed his gun at them and demanded them to join his revolution.

After his bold move, the three men pretended to agree and later turned him in. Hitler was then accused of high treason on April 1, 1924 and sentenced to five years in prison, but he played his own lawyer and dominated the trial. He was sent to the prison where he was treated as an honored guest and given a comfortable room of his own with a great view. While there, he finished making his book called Mein Kampf, or My Struggle which was mainly about his time in Vienna and his “political ideas”.

Hitler served less than a year in prison though and was released Christmas of 1924, the same year he was put into prison. He then rallied up his Nazi party again and ran for dictatorship. Eventually he got his way and during his reign, he took over (in order) Austria (where he originated), Czechoslovakia, and Poland. He then went for Denmark, Norway, France, The Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Belgium. Then he made the mistake of heading into Russia, who was originally an ally to Nazi Germany. He chose a terrible time to invade-just when the weather became intollerable for war. It was harsh winter and by the time he reached Moscow, forces were being pushed back into Germany while America pushed Germany out of France. Once he knew he was doomed, he and some other friends hid underground. Hitler then shot himself in the mouth after marrying a girl who killed herself along with him. The remains were burned and buried and that was the end of Hitler’s reign.

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Has anyone ever had a dream that was so vivid it seemed real and upon waking from this dream you obtained some kind of insight or inspiration? Personally, I for one have on many occasions. In fact I wrote a whole manuscript based on a dream or rather a series of dreams, 300 pages! I remember in the first dream, the one of the most importance, I was sitting on grassy slope directly under a tree. It was a wooded area but the type of place that would make a lovely spot for a picnic. A being of light made his way to me and stood over me and said “You are a writer, you always have been and you always will be!” I did not say anything in the dream as I felt it was in my best interests to listen rather then be heard. He then pointed to my hands and instantly a pen and paper appeared and he said, “Write this!”

Suddenly I was somewhere else. I had no involvement in this dream whatsoever and it was as though I was simply a bystander, standing on the sidelines watching as the dream played out. The dream was very intense, there was a war raging on around me but not between humans, it was a war between angels and demons. I will give no further information about the dream as it would ruin the basis of my book but when I awoke from it the first thing I did was get a pen and paper. Roughly 2 hours later I popped my head back up into reality and sitting before me was the first 20 pages of my book .Over the next two years I had dreams all related to main one and ended up with a manuscript.

In light of this I began to do research as to this phenomena because I had heard before that some writers actually get a lot of their ideas from dreams, which is called creative dreaming but what I was wrong about is throughout history not only literary figures have been inspired by dreams but painters, musicians, scientists, architects and even inventors have become inspired by thier dreams.

The 18th century Italian composer Giuseppe Tartini once dreamt he sold his soul to the devil who then played a violin piece more exquisite then anything ever heard before. The following morning Tartini composed his greatest work, ‘The Devils Trill’ sonata,saying it was only a pale reflection of the music he had heard in his dream. Albert Einstein said he received many signs and clear images from his dreams in formulating his scientific theories.

In 1797 English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge suffered from an illness and sedated himself with opium before dozing off into a vivid dream. He awoke a few hours later with 300 lines of beautiful poetry within his mind from this dream and began to quickly write them. After writing 54 lines he was then interrupted by a visitor. When the visitor finally left and hour later,the poet returned to his work prepared to write the rest,however;the remaining lines and verses had faded from his mind. What he did manage to record however; was the masterpiece ‘Kubla Khan’.

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After awaking from a horrific nightmare one stormy night Mary Shelly wrote Frankenstein.

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 Albert Einstein said he received many signs and clear images from his dreams helping him in formulating his scientific theories.

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Robert Louis Stevenson first imagined Dr. Jekell and Mr Hyde through a dream.

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Elias Howe had been struggling to design a sewing machine when one night he dreamt of savage warriors whose spears had eye shaped holes. This was very clue that inspired him to create the model of the eye pointed needle.

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There are many more instances such as the above,however; the point is it is very evident dreams do play a significant creative role in our society, so much in fact it makes me wonder how many people are actually aware of this.

Perhaps creative dreams come from a higher source or power such as angels, maybe even demons, who really knows for sure, they may even come from the spirits of the dead although it is also possible that dreams emerge from our own subconscious memories and knowledge, normally hidden in the waking mind but whatever it is,it is quite apparent that creative dreaming can be of high value and importance!

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When Michelangelo was thirteen years of age, he was apprenticed (sent as a pupil) to the Ghirlandaio brothers, who were famous artists. It was in their studio that the boy painted his first picture. At the age of fifteen, his early sculptures were brought to the attention of Lorenzo de’ Medici, who was a noted patron of art and practically, the ruler of Florence.

Michelangelo was invited to live in Lorenzo’s house where he was afforded the opportunity to become acquainted with the leading men of literature and art. He lived there for two years, until the death of Lorenzo.

In 1496, Michelangelo visited Rome where he stayed for five years. It was during this period that he created the Pieta in St. Peter’s Church. It immediately brought him fame as the greatest sculptor of his day. The Pieta is a sculptor of the dead Jesus in the arms of a sorrowful mother, Mary, mourning at the foot of the cross.

Michelangelo returned to Florence where he was commissioned to carve a huge statue, 18 feet high, from a single block of marble. It was in commemoration of a military victory of the city. It was a statue of David from the Biblical story in which David slew the giant, Goliath. From that time, he continued to draw on his vivid imagination without any interruption.

In 1508, Michelangelo began what was considered to be his greatest work of painting. He was commissioned by Pope Julius II to decorate the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican and finished this piece of colossal work within four years, without any help.

He completed the painting a large part of the time, by lying on his back on the scaffolding. The painting was elaborate. It demonstrated scenes from the Bible, such as the Creation, the fall of man, the deluge, and a number of other subjects.

After the death of Julius II, Michelangelo carved a great status of Moses. It was considered to be one of his most famous sculptures, for the Pope’s tomb. When he was sixty years old, another Pope, Paul III, commissioned him to continue to paint more frescoes in the Sistine Chapel. It covered the entire alter wall, and was called The Last Judgment. It contained more than a hundred figures, all larger than life.

The last years of Michelangelo’s life were dedicated to architecture. In 1546, he was appointed chief architect of St. Peter’s Church in Rome. He designed the dome of the church, a project for which he took no pay, believing it to be his duty to devote himself to the church. He died in 1564.

Leonardo’s interest in anatomy probably began in Verrocchio’s workshop. At this time many artist only wanted to learn anatomy to get the beauty of a painting but he wanted to find the mysteries of the human. He wanted to know what the bones in the skeleton looked like, how they were connected and how they moved. He wanted to understand the muscles that covered the body. Also, he wanted to know how the lungs worked, how the eyes could see and how the blood moved through the veins. Understanding the body helped him appreciate it and this unique knowledge helped him to make his paintings so lifelike {Phillips}. While in Milan, he began dissecting bodies. Also, at this time, dissecting was illegal and he did this at his own risk. By his own count; he dissected bodies of more than 30 men and women of all ages {Phillips}.

He also took a risk because he could’ve caught the infections from the corpses. He states that he was sharing his home with ” corpses flayed, stripped of flesh, and terrible to look at.” Also, he said, ” The heart, is a muscle of great strength, much stronger than the other muscles. The blood which returns when the heart opens again is not the same as which closes the valves” he also dissected the animal’s bodies. He dissected a lion calling it the king of the beast with senses much stronger than a human’s. He dissected a bear and an ape to see how different the foot of a bear is to an ape’s. He divided the animal into two great classes- one of which have their skeletons inside them and those who have it outside {Muntz, 82-84}.

Leonardo’s Virtruvian Man was created in 1490. It shows the proportions of a man’s body first standing inscribed in a square and then with feet and arms outspread. It is a great example of proportion. Found in his notebooks, Leonardo basically copied Vitruvius but he points out ” if you open the legs so as to reduce the stature by one-fourteenth and open and raise the arm so that your middle finger touch the line through the top of the head, know that the centre of the extremities of the outspread limbs will be umbilicus, and the space between the legs will make and equilateral triangle. Below are the words that came with the picture.

“Vitruvius, the architect, says in his work on architecture that the measurements of the human body are distributed by Nature as follows that is that 4 fingers make 1 palm, and 4 palms make 1 foot, 6 palms make 1 cubit; 4 cubits make a man’s height. And 4 cubits make one pace and 24 palms make a man; and these measures he used in his buildings. If you open your legs so much as to decrease your height 1/14 and spread and raise your arms till your middle fingers touch the level of the top of your head you must know that the centre of the outspread limbs will be in the navel and the space between the legs will be an equilateral triangle. The length of a man’s outspread arms is equal to his heightFrom the roots of the hair to the bottom of the chin is the tenth of a man’s height; from the bottom of the chin to the top of his head is one eighth of his height; from the top of the breast to the top of his head will be one sixth of a man.

From the top of the breast to the roots of the hair will be the seventh part of the whole man. From the nipples to the top of the head will be the fourth part of a man. The greatest width of the shoulders contains in itself the fourth part of the man. From the elbow to the tip of the hand will be the fifth part of a man; and from the elbow to the angle of the armpit will be the eighth part of the man. The whole hand will be the tenth part of the man; the beginning of the genitals marks the middle of the man. The foot is the seventh part of the man. From the sole of the foot to below the knee will be the fourth part of the man. From below the knee to the beginning of the genitals will be the fourth part of the man. The distance from the bottom of the chin to the nose and from the roots of the hair to the eyebrows is, in each case the same, and like the ear, a third of the face.”
This shows Leonardo’s knowledge of proportion.

As you can see, Leonardo not only wanted to study anatomy for his art but he wanted to know how the body worked, the make up of the bones, how the heart worked and may other things. Although he didn’t learn all the mysteries of the human body, he showed comprehension of it therefore making him a true “Renaissance Man”.

” If you do not rest upon the good foundation of nature, you will labor with little honor and less profit. Those who take for their standards anyone but nature – the mistress of all masters – weary themselves in vain.”