Starry Night Van Gogh

—Painted during a stay at an asylum
—infused the scene with his own emotions:
—act of applying thick paint (impasto) and the energy of the artist in swirls that show movement in the sky and the light emanating from the stars
—Cypress tree: resembles flames
—Church: personal trials with religion

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