Morandi Vs. VanGogh

Both artists choose not to use any complimentary colors in their paintings, creating very little contrast by and use colors similar to each other. However both artists use very different hues and tones. Giorgio Morandi uses only neutral colors in his paintings such as greys browns and whites. Vincent Van Gogh uses colors such as yellow and green and blue, which are all very similar to each other but give the painting alittle more life. They also use the space differently. Morandi places his subject directly in the center of the compasion leaving an equal amount of background space. Van Gogh has his subject in the center as well but leaves very little background space, making it clear that the subject is the only focus of the work. The artists seem to have very similar painting styles. Both artists place their subjects in the center of the composition, against a wall, with 3/4ths of the wall and 1/4 as the table or floor and the edge between the two goes right through the subject. Morandi uses light more directly than Van Gogh, with large shadow and highlight. Van Gogh seems to use almost no shadows or highlights in his work but his use of perspective and space give the subject volume and dimension.