Vincent van Gogh is often remembered as the painter who cut off his ear in a fit of passion. He was a lonely man who often went without1 food in order to buy paints, a man with few friends and a stormy temper.2 Van Gogh's strong emotions3 not only affected4 his life, but his paintings as well. Many of van Gogh's paintings were inspired by warm, yellow sunlight because he loved how it could light up the world in different ways. His painting Sunflowers, for example, is filled with vivid5 yellows and browns. These colors give the painting a feeling of warmth and well-being. However, the sunflowers are actually dead and dying. The result is a painting that mixes the warmth of life that van Gogh loved with the feelings of sadness that were all around him. It is a painting that is warm, beautiful and sad, all at the same time. Van Gogh's most famous painting, The Starry Night, takes this mixture of joy and sadness one step further. It is a landscape1 full of deep blues and shadows which represent2 the sadness van Gogh was feeling as he was painting, rather than what he was actually seeing. This is why Van Gogh's images3 in his painting look more imagined than real. The stars and moon in The Starry Night are unusually bright, their light swirling above the darkening hills. A tree that looks like black fire cuts through the view of the night, interrupting4 its beauty. Because of his wild emotions, van Gogh was not understood during his life. He sold only one painting and never found true love. However, people today who stand in front of Sunflowers or The Starry Night can experience the same joy and sadness van Gogh once did, as he painted those deep blues and sunny yellows. -by Eddie Cameron Famous works of Vincent van Gogh: (1885)The Potato Eaters (1888)Bedroom in Arles (1888)Cafe Terrace at Night (1888)The Red Vineyard (1889)The Starry Night (1889)Iries (1889)Still Life:Vase with twelve Sunflowers (1890)Portrait of Doctor Gachet (1890)Wheat Field with Crows (358 words) Target reading time :1) 3‘40’‘ 2) 3’ 1)的阅读速度根据(大学英语课程教学要求(试行))中規定的一般要求设定.为100词 2)的阅读速度根据较高要求设定,为120词/分钟。 Actual reading time: Your reading rate: