Starry Night ☲ Van Gogh ☰ Woven Art Blanket dogs observe the scene underneath a

observe the scene underneath a curtain held aloft by angels

It is interpreted as an emblem of life's transience and individual salvation

or Portrait of the Artist's Mother

1 (1871) by James McNeill Whistler

Starry Night ☲ Van Gogh ☰ Woven Art Blanket dogs observe the scene underneath aThe Starry Night (1889) by Vincent van Gogh is one of the most recognizable paintings in Western art. It depicts the view from his asylum room at Saint Rmy de Provence. Van Gogh voluntarily admitted himself to the asylum after the breakdown that resulted in mutilating his left ear. The painting depicts the sky just before sunrise over an imaginary village, with a large cypress on the left, hills in the background, and waning moon in the upper right.