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* TheMuse: The painting inspired Music/DonMcLean to write the song "Starry Starry Night" (actually named "Vincent") in honor of the painter.
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''The Starry Night'' is an oil painting created by Dutch [[PostSomethingIsm Post-Impressionist]] painter Creator/VincentVanGogh. Painted in June 1889, it describes the view from the east-facing window of his asylum room at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, just before sunrise, with the addition of an ideal village.

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''The Starry Night'' is an oil painting {{painting|s}} created by Dutch [[PostSomethingIsm Post-Impressionist]] painter Creator/VincentVanGogh. Painted in June 1889, it describes the view from the east-facing window of his asylum room at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, just before sunrise, with the addition of an ideal village.
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* TheMuse: The painting inspired Music/DonMcLean to write "Starry Starry Night" in honor of the painter.

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* TheMuse: The painting inspired Music/DonMcLean to write the song "Starry Starry Night" (actually named "Vincent") in honor of the painter.

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* ArtisticLicenseSpace: He depicts both the morning star/UsefulNotes/{{Venus}} and a crescent moon. One could not see the morning star when a crescent moon is present. A more accurate depiction would have the moon be a waxing gibbous.
* {{Expy}}: The swirls occurring in the night sky bare a strong resemblance in then-published observations of nebulae and galaxies.

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* ArtisticLicenseSpace: He depicts both the morning star/UsefulNotes/{{Venus}} and a crescent moon. One could not see the morning star when a crescent moon is present. A more accurate depiction would have the moon be a waxing gibbous.
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gibbous. However, the swirls occurring in the night sky bare a strong resemblance in to then-published observations of nebulae and galaxies.
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It has been in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City since 1941, having been acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest. Regarded as among Van Gogh's finest works, ''The Starry Night'' was one of the few works that he sold in his lifetime, and is one of the most recognized paintings in the history of Western culture.

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It has been in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City since 1941, having been acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest. Regarded as among Van Gogh's finest works, ''The Starry Night'' was one of the few works that he sold in his lifetime, and is one of the most recognized paintings in the history of Western culture.
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It has been in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City since 1941, having been acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest. Regarded as among Van Gogh's finest works, ''The Starry Night'' was one of the few works by him that sold in his lifetime, and is one of the most recognized paintings in the history of Western culture.

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It has been in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City since 1941, having been acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest. Regarded as among Van Gogh's finest works, ''The Starry Night'' was one of the few works by him that he sold in his lifetime, and is one of the most recognized paintings in the history of Western culture.
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It has been in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City since 1941, having been acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest. Regarded as among Van Gogh's finest works, ''The Starry Night'' is one of the most recognized paintings in the history of Western culture.

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It has been in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City since 1941, having been acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest. Regarded as among Van Gogh's finest works, ''The Starry Night'' was one of the few works by him that sold in his lifetime, and is one of the most recognized paintings in the history of Western culture.
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* TechnicolorWind: One interpretation of the blue swirls is that they represent a cold breeze going across the night sky.

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* HollywoodDarkness: The night sky is depicted as a bright blue rather than a pitch black, and the whole town is shaded blue to reflect this. Again, it wouldn't be much of a painting if it was too dark to make out details.




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* WeirdMoon: The crescent moon is highly stylized, larger and brighter than it ever is in real life. This adds to the beauty and wonder of the scene.

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* ArtisticLicenseAstronomy: He depicts both the morning star/UsefulNotes/{{Venus}} and a crescent moon. One could not see the morning star when a crescent moon is present. A more accurate depiction would have the moon be a waxing gibbous.


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* ArtisticLicenseSpace: He depicts both the morning star/UsefulNotes/{{Venus}} and a crescent moon. One could not see the morning star when a crescent moon is present. A more accurate depiction would have the moon be a waxing gibbous.
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* ArtisticLicenseAstronomy: He depicts both the morning star/UsefulNotes/{{Venus}} and a crescent moon. One could not see the morning star when a crescent moon. A more accurate depiction would have the moon be a waxing gibbous.

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* ArtisticLicenseAstronomy: He depicts both the morning star/UsefulNotes/{{Venus}} and a crescent moon. One could not see the morning star when a crescent moon.moon is present. A more accurate depiction would have the moon be a waxing gibbous.
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* ArtisticLicenseAstronomy: He depicts both the morning star/UsefulNotes/{{Venus}} and a crescent moon. One could not see the morning star when a crescent moon, a more accurate depiction wold have the moon be a waxing gibbous.

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* ArtisticLicenseAstronomy: He depicts both the morning star/UsefulNotes/{{Venus}} and a crescent moon. One could not see the morning star when a crescent moon, a moon. A more accurate depiction wold would have the moon be a waxing gibbous.
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''The Starry Night'' is an oil painting created by Dutch [[PostSomethingIsm Post-Impressionist]] painter Creator/VincentVanGogh. Painted in June 1889, it describes the view from the east-facing window of his asylum room at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, just before sunrise, with the addition of an ideal village.

It has been in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City since 1941, having been acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest. Regarded as among Van Gogh's finest works, ''The Starry Night'' is one of the most recognized paintings in the history of Western culture.

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!!''The Starry Night'' provides examples of:

* ArtisticLicenseAstronomy: He depicts both the morning star/UsefulNotes/{{Venus}} and a crescent moon. One could not see the morning star when a crescent moon, a more accurate depiction wold have the moon be a waxing gibbous.
* ArtisticLicenseGeography: Having painted ''The Starry Night'' through the bars of his asylum window, Vincent took a lot of liberties when depicting the landscape. For one, he could not see the town. The steeple looked nothing like how he depicts it, the steeple in the painting evoking more the kind you would see in Holland.
* {{Expy}}: The swirls occurring in the night sky bare a strong resemblance in then-published observations of nebulae and galaxies.
* TheMuse: The painting inspired Music/DonMcLean to write "Starry Starry Night" in honor of the painter.
* TropeCodifier: For the Post-Impressionist movement.

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