Title: Contextualizing “The Starry Night” by Vincent van Gogh The piece of art I have chosen to interpret is “The Starry Night” by Vincent van Gogh. This iconic painting, created in 1889,

Option #3: Contextualizing Art 
Select one piece of art from the assigned Gateway into the Visual Arts Resource or the online museums listed in that resource you would like to interpret. Include an image of the piece of art at the top of your discussion post. Also be sure to include the name of the artist and the name of the piece. 
Based on the information in Required Resource #4, decide whether you would like to do a historical, social, personal, political or scientific contextualization for this piece. Doing some research in reliable sources, find some information to report in order to do the kind of contextualization you have chosen.  
Then write 3-4 paragraphs in which you do the following:  
Identify the piece of art and which kind of contextualization you will do.  
Briefly describe three significant pieces of information you discovered in your research that contextualizes the piece of art you chose.  
Describe two or three aspects of the art that you think are examples of how the historical, social, personal, political or scientific context appears visually and explain why.  
Make a general statement about why you think it is, or is not important to consider the context of this piece of art. 
Make sure to cite any quotes or paraphrases in MLA style.