The Starry Night

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In Vincent van Gogh's painting, The Starry Night, he used all the 7 elements of art; line, shape, form, space, value, color, and texture.
Gogh used Lines. He used wavy lines to express wind. He used shape; the houses at the bottom of the painting have rectangles and squares. He used Form; the houses at the bottom of the painting are 3-D. He used Space; He layered his painting, from sky, to wind, to houses. He used Value; he has different shades of blue, brown, green, and some other colors. He used Color; he used blue, brown, green, purple, yellow, and some other colors. He used texture; due to the oil-looking painting, the painting looks

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