The Starry Night | De Sterrennacht
Description "I can see an enclosed square of wheat ... above which, in the morning, I watch the sun rise in all its glory" Scent: Amsterdam Coffee Cup - Coffee essential oil, chocolate artificial oilTexture: Thick and jiggly, coated clear topper Background De Sterrennacht, or Starry Night, by Vincent van Gogh, is widely regarded as the painter's magnum opus, and is perhaps one of the most recognized paintings in all of Western art.Van Gogh completed this painting while staying voluntarily in Saint-Paul-de-Mausole lunatic asylum in June of 1889.While this painting depicts the night sky, it was worked on over several session during the daytime, under various weather conditions. The painting is a combination of both real sights he could see through the bars of his window, and sights drawn from his imagination. The village below the rolling hills would not have been in his line of sight, and the cypress tree in the foreground is much closer to the viewer than it was in real life.In Ma