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Van Gogh painted nature , the major subject for his works in the last 29 months of his life , to bring relief from his illnesses and emotional distress . Prior to this period he had rejected what he perceived as the narrow religion of his parents , and took an almost nihilistic stance , not unlike Nietzsche 's , towar... |
The autumn work was somewhat in reaction to the recent compositions of Christ in the Garden of Olives by his friends Paul Gauguin and Émile Bernard . Frustrated by their work which he qualified with the words " nothing was observed " , Van Gogh painted " in the groves , morning and evening during these clear , cold da... |
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Van Gogh 's early works were made with dull , gray colors . In Paris , he met leading French artists Edgar Degas , Georges Seurat and others who provided illuminating influences on the use of color and technique . His work , previously somber and dark , now " blazed with color . " Indeed , Van Gogh 's use of color bec... |
Van Gogh captured the colors and moods of the trees which varied dramatically by daylight and season . He began to use the color blue to represent the divine . In both The Starry Night and his olive tree paintings , Van Gogh used the intense blue of the sky to symbolize the " divine and infinite presence " of Jesus . ... |
Van Gogh used the Impressionist concept of broken color to give light to a work , innovatively drawing in color , giving the painting light and form , as he also did in his paintings of plowed fields , mountains , rocks , and heads and figures . The series is unified by a more refined approach , without the thick appl... |
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The National Gallery of Art summarizes this series :
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" In the olive trees — in the expressive power of their ancient and gnarled forms — Van Gogh found a manifestation of the spiritual force he believed resided in all of nature . His brushstrokes make the soil and even the sky seem alive with the same rustling motion as the leaves , stirred to a shimmer by the Mediterra... |
Skye Jethani , author of The Divine Commodity : Discovering a Faith Beyond Consumer Christianity , asserts that in many of his paintings , the olive tree series in particular , Van Gogh conveys the redemptive quality of sorrow and that even in sorrow , there can be rejoicing . To quote Van Gogh 's sermon of 1876 :
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" Sorrow is better than joy ... for by the sadness of the countenance , the heart is made better . Our nature is sorrowful , but for those who have learnt and are learning to look at Jesus Christ , there will always be reason to rejoice . It is a good word , that of St. Paul : as being sorrowful yet also rejoicing . "... |
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In his letters , Van Gogh specified two groupings : three paintings made in June 1889 and five completed by late November 1889 . There was also a painting in September , three olive picker paintings in December and a few others . Van Gogh made several drawings of olive trees when , as a precautionary safety measure , ... |
= = = Complement to The Starry Night = = =
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Of Olive Trees in a Mountainous Landscape in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art ( MoMA ) , Van Gogh wrote his brother Theo : " I did a landscape with olive trees and also a new study of a starry sky , " calling this painting the daylight complement to the nocturnal , The Starry Night . His intention was to go ... |
Within the painting , twisted green olive trees stand before the foothills of the Alps and underneath the sky with an " ectoplasmic " cloud . Later , when the pictures had dried , he sent both of them to Theo in Paris , noting : " The olive trees with the white cloud and the mountains behind , as well as the rise of t... |
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Van Gogh painted three versions of women picking olives . The first ( F654 ) he described as an on @-@ the @-@ spot study " in deeper tones from nature " . The second painting ( F655 ) is " the most resolved and stylized of the three , " intended for his sister and mother , is located at the Metropolitan Museum of Art... |
The third , in the Chester Dale collection at the National Gallery of Art , Washington , DC . ( F656 ) he painted in his studio in December in a " very discreet color scheme " . Although the subject of the painting is immediately clear , the first tree , like a stepping stone , leads the spectator into the scene . Her... |
Another painting was made of olive pickers , this time a couple . Kröller @-@ Müller Museum 's Olive Grove with Two Olive Pickers ( F587 ) was painted December , 1889 .
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Van Gogh made four paintings in May and June 1889 . The first , Couple Walking among Olive Trees in a Mountainous Landscape with Crescent Moon ( F704 ) is located at the Museu de Arte de São Paulo , São Paulo , Brazil
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Van Gogh identified three olive tree paintings made in June , the second month of his stay at the asylum .
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The Nelson @-@ Atkins Museum of Art 's Olive Orchard ( F715 ) was expressed by Van Gogh in a letter of July 1889 as an orchard of olive trees with gray leaves , " their violet shadows lying on the sunny sand . " By contrast , the shadows accentuate the heat of the Provençal sun . The " repetitive , rectangular brush s... |
Van Gogh Museum 's Olive Trees : Bright Blue Sky ( F709 ) of cool , blue daylight tones is similar to Göteborgs Museum of Art 's Olive Grove , a study in warm autumn colors . The autumn toned painting met Van Gogh 's goal of achieving a " harsh and coarse " realism to his work . He presented the painting to his friend... |
The Kröller @-@ Müller Museum Olive Orchard ( F585 ) was painted in June , 1889 .
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= = = Painted in September , November and December 1889 = = =
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The paintings made during this period were much the artistic result of Van Gogh 's reaction to the Gauguin and Bernard Gethsemane painting , as mentioned in the " Spiritual significance " section .
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The intense nature of National Gallery of Scotland 's Olive Trees ( F714 ) likely expresses Van Gogh 's agitated state of mind when he completed this work , dramatic impact evidenced both through his brushstrokes and color use .
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The vibrant oranges and yellows in Olive Trees with Yellow Sky and Sun ( F710 ) suggest the fall season . Novelist Warren Keith Wright visited this painting at the Minneapolis Institute of Art over a 15 @-@ year period , transfixed by the painting , but unsure why . He came to realize that the fascination was that the... |
In November or December 1889 Van Gogh worked on the Metropolitan Museum of Art 's Olive Orchard ( F708 ) . Another painting from this time is Olive Grove : Orange Sky ( F586 ) which resides at the Göteborgs Museum of Art , Gothenburg , Sweden
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= Stone Temple Pilots ( album ) =
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Stone Temple Pilots ( also known as The Red Album ) is the sixth studio album by American rock band Stone Temple Pilots . The album was released worldwide from May 21 through May 27 , 2010 , and is the band 's first album since 2001 's Shangri @-@ La Dee Da . The album is the result of the band 's reunion , which occu... |
Robert DeLeo , against Atlantic Records ' wishes , insisted that he and his brother Dean DeLeo produce the record themselves , which began production in early 2009 . Because recording took place during breaks in the band 's touring schedule , production took nearly ten months to complete . Three studios were used simu... |
The album received generally favorable reviews . Most critics agreed that Stone Temple Pilots was heavily inspired by country and rock music from the 1960s and 1970s . The band confirmed these assertions and that lyricists like Bob Dylan , and guitarists like Speedy West and Brad Whitford were influences . The album w... |
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After separating in 2003 , Stone Temple Pilots reunited in April 2008 for a 75 @-@ date North American tour . Scott Weiland would hear new material from Robert and Dean DeLeo while the band performed sound checks during the tour , but he would not collaborate in the songwriting process until he was through promoting h... |
Despite the band 's intent , a future album from the group was uncertain . On June 12 , 2008 , Atlantic Records filed a lawsuit against Weiland and Eric Kretz , claiming the two had threatened to terminate their contract unless changes were made . Stone Temple Pilots had delivered six albums ( five studio records and ... |
Stone Temple Pilots stressed that a new album would be recorded as long as both parties in the lawsuit acted in good faith , but in November 2008 , Weiland would comment , " I was told , and I was told for years , that we were free from Atlantic .... I have no interest in making a record for a major label . " Weiland ... |
The band 's attorney , Gary Stiffelman , clarified that the complaint was a result of a " misunderstanding " during contract negotiations , and a representative for Atlantic stated the lawsuit had been voluntarily dismissed . The final negotiation details between Atlantic and the band remain unknown . Weiland later cl... |
Recording a new album was , according to Robert , a " natural progression " after the band began playing together again . " The thing that kind of introduces us back together is all those memories of the songs , and once you start playing those songs ... it always takes us back to ... 18 years now . It can take us bac... |
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Stone Temple Pilots marks the first time Robert and Dean have written together since Army of Anyone 's only release in 2006 ; some of Dean 's contributions date from this period , but " Dare If You Dare " was written while Talk Show was touring . Robert and Dean began writing new material by November 2008 , but , exce... |
Robert insisted , against Atlantic Records ' initial wishes , that he and Dean produce the album together . This freed the band from the constraints of any outside producer 's schedule . The recording process could then be intertwined with tour dates , which , Dean said , resulted in improved performances on the recor... |
The DeLeos often worked off each other when writing the songs . Robert 's primary instrument for composing was the bass , and Dean complimented his achievements : " It 's probably easier to tell a story through a piano or a guitar , but when [ someone ] can tell a story with a bass , that 's pretty remarkable . " Robe... |
When I personally write a song , it 's such an honor and a pleasure to give that song to these guys , because I know that song is going to be interpreted the best way possible . Everyone 's going to put their imprint on that song and make that song the best STP song it can be , whether it be the playing or the arrangi... |
CDs were submitted to Weiland containing music in completed demo form , including scratch melodies , which Weiland had the option to use or discard . Dean did not mind when his melodies were not accepted by Weiland . " [ W ] hen I write a song , I know what I want it to be melodically . But Scott always ... knocks my ... |
Working as an additional producer , Don Was helped keep Weiland 's and the rest of the band 's separate recording sessions in sync by bringing them together to perform live . When the band performed together , they would do so acoustically , so each member could hear the nuances of the songs . Weiland credited Was for... |
By June 2009 , the band had written eighteen songs , twelve of which were planned to be released on the album , with B @-@ sides for Japan , the United Kingdom , and Europe selected from the remaining songs . Recording began in early 2009 , at times taking place in three studios simultaneously . Bass lines and overdub... |
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Several titles were considered before the band settled on the eponymous name . Kretz explained , " We 've always tried to come up with very witty and interesting names for our records and we just felt that it was time , 18 years into the Stone Temple Pilots career , to put out a self @-@ titled album . " Robert agreed... |
The album cover incorporates the artwork Peace Fingers Red , designed by Shepard Fairey . According to Kretz , " It was just something to kind of symbolize more of our attitude right now .... We definitely are in a really good place right now as a band and really want to spread some peace and love across the world as ... |
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The music on Stone Temple Pilots was influenced by various styles , most notably country music and 1960s and 1970s rock . Various amps and vintage guitars from Dean 's and Robert 's personal collections were used to produce the desired sounds . Dean 's guitars included two 1970s Gibson Les Pauls , a 1956 Stratocaster ... |
Leading up to the recording process , Dean had been listening to country , drawing inspiration from 1960s guitarists like Jimmy Bryant , Speedy West , Hank Garland , Pete Drake , Hank Snow and Aerosmith 's Brad Whitford . Songs like " Hickory Dichotomy " gave Weiland and Kretz a " Down South " and " swampy kind of fee... |
Several of the songs were inspired by 1960s and 1970s rock bands . " Between the Lines " was written with The Animals , The Zombies and Paul Revere & the Raiders in mind , and Weiland considered " Cinnamon " to be a combination of 1960s British pop and Ian Curtis ( of Joy Division ) . " Huckleberry Crumble " was inspi... |
Weiland 's lyrics were unique to previous albums , which had been solely focused on himself and his drug addictions . He studied lyricists to learn how to write differently . " [ In ] the ' 90s , I was so overwhelmed with my heroin addiction , and so a lot of the stuff was just from my point of view . Now , I tend to ... |
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Stone Temple Pilots was promoted through various media outlets , including the Internet , radio , and on television , with live performances and interviews by the band . The earliest reported premiere of the album was on February 23 , 2010 , when the new album was played in its entirety at a private listening party he... |
Beginning in late April , Amazon.com advertised that they would be streaming a new song in its entirety each week leading up to the release of the album . Four songs total were streamed , including " Between the Lines " , " Hickory Dichotomy " , " Bagman " , and " Huckleberry Crumble " . On May 21 , all twelve tracks ... |
Stone Temple Pilots was released worldwide over a period of a week . Several foreign markets released the album on May 21 , including Australia , Germany , and the Netherlands . The U.S. released the album on May 25 , and countries like Sweden , Finland , and Japan released the album on May 26 . Different versions of ... |
On June 1 , " Between the Lines " was released , along with two other songs , as part of a Stone Temple Pilots pack for the rhythm video game Guitar Hero . On June 5 , the band performed at the KROQ Weenie Roast , hosted by the U.S. radio station . For the duration of June , the band played at various festivals in Eur... |
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" Between the Lines " became the album 's first single ; it was released digitally on the band 's Twitter page on March 22 , later peaking at number one on the Billboard Rock Songs chart.The music video for " Between the Lines " , directed by Christopher Sims , was shot on April 11 in Los Angeles , California , and pr... |
" Take a Load Off " was the band 's second single , which was released on June 15 , and the accompanying music video was released in September . The video is a culmination of clips edited together , including moments with the band — both on and off stage — , samples of cartoons , and " all @-@ American imagery " . " T... |
" Cinnamon " was released as the band 's third single , which debuted at number 49 on the Alternative Chart . The first music video for the song was filmed in mid @-@ 2010 , directed by Aggressive ( the combined efforts of directors Alex Topaller and Dan Shapiro ) , and produced by Anke Thommen , but the video was res... |
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