The Getty Center is a museum that not only houses a beautiful land of greenery and flowers, but also contains a vast collection of works of art dating from the oldest and most recent periods . At the time of my arrival at the exhibition, the weather was gloomy and damp, which prevented me from being outside for much of the trip, but since I was indoors I was able to take time to browse through some of the galleries. Each artwork was placed in designated buildings that corresponded to the era in which it was made and the style of work. There were numerous illustrations, sculptures and paintings created by talented artists; however, none of the pieces caught my attention much. After continually wandering around the museum facilities I finally found a work of art that caught my attention. Located in the Western Pavilion, the artwork I found most compelling and aesthetically pleasing is Vincent Van Gogh's Iris (1889) placed between Edgar Degas's painting The Milliners (1882) and the Portrait of Albert Cahen d'Anvers ( 1881) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir. ). The gallery environment where these artworks are located has dark brown walls and wooden floorboards, and right above is a white-colored ceiling with lights positioned to illuminate each artwork in the room. Due to the dark colored walls, Van Gogh's painting of Irises was accentuated and was also highlighted by the light shining towards it. The artwork is an oil on canvas enclosed in an oxidized gold frame, which further enhances the theme of the composition. The placement of Van Gogh's painting fit perfectly with the surrounding artworks as they all fall into the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist style. Everything in the room was well integrated and corresponded... to the center of the paper... In the famous works of Van Gogh and Paul Cezanne, I found a greater portion of differences than what is similar. Despite the few stated connections between the pieces, such as how both works are influenced by the Post-Impressionist movement and color and abstract shapes were predominantly used in their compositions, the number of differences outweighs what they have in common. Van Gogh took part in finding a method to express personal feelings through his art. While Cézanne focused on his structural development in art through the use of color. There are many other contrasts5 between the two works, but it is important to recognize the artists' exploration of a new artistic style that withdrew all the naturalism used by the Impressionists and the way they introduced symbolism and self-expression into art on a deeper level.
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