film assignment

Watch the documentary on

Van

Gogh

from

The Power of Art

series. The link is

provided

in the

Week

6

folder.

2.

Write a response to this question:

At the conclusion of

the film about

Van

Gogh

,

Simon Schama says the following:

Vincent’s passionate belief was that people wouldn’t just see his pictures but feel the rush of life

in them

, that by

the force of his brush and the dazzlement of his colour

theyd

experience those

fields

,

those faces

,

those flowers in ways nothing more polite or literal could ever possibly

convey

. H

is art would reclaim what had once belonged to religion

:

consolation for our mortality

through the relish of the gift of life

.

What does he mean?

How do

the

paintings Schama discusses in this

documentary

accomplish thi

s?

(*You need only refer to 2

–

3 of these paintings

and not all that are mentioned in the film).

500

–

750 words, double spaced, regular margins, no title page

Do

not

use outside sources

or the assistance of AI.

I want to know what you

think

.

Citations are required.

When citing

a specific scene

, include the

start

and

end

time of that scene in brackets.

Submit it in the online

Film Assignment

page in the

Week

6

folder

by

the end of

day on

Friday,

February

13

, 2026

.

Please

submit it

as a Word

or

a PDF file.