Commparative annalysis self portraits

A comparative analysis of the styles and techniques of self portraits by Vincent Van Goug and Freda Kahlo. The Bleeding Heart by Kaholo is a painting of anguish and unhappiness. This self-portrait reflects a strong aspect of her own self-identity Wearing native dress to assert her cultural identity she is flanked on each side by monkey’s with a jungle background that further references her native Indian heritage. A necklace of thorns is worn around her neck, its thorns pricking her skin and making her bleed. Kahlo always references the hurt, desiring body, whose wounds are both physical and psychological.
Post-Impressionist witch Van Goug came under is an umbrella term used to describe a variety of artists who were influenced by Impressionism but took their art in different directions.

There is no single well-defined style of Post-Impressionism, but in general it is less casual and more emotionally charged than Impressionist work.

The method in which Kahlo and Van Gou...