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Vincent Van Gogh. The starry night. 1889, Oil on canvas. 73.7 cm × 92.1 cm (29 in × 36¼ in)

*Picture credits to Google images.

We had this small discussion on this artwork during tutorials today,
using Mittler's model.
It was interesting to interpret the artwork using lines, touch, smell, music, texture and many many more aspects.

At the first look, I think that the painting conveys the meaning of a peaceful, starry night in a small town. The breeze plus the stars serves as decoration to the night sky, and it gives people a calm feeling.

BUT I was startled when Ms Clare explains that the cypress tree (the big black thing) inside the painting, which is a tree that grows in the graveyard, represents death.
& the tree is so big inside the painting that it almost take about 1/5 of the whole picture.
Van Gogh must be feeling really depressed that time. :(

Maybe this is what that's meant by: "What you see doesn't mean everything."

Hmmm.