文森·梵谷 (Vincent van Gogh) 的 《星夜》（荷語：De sterrennacht）

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《星夜》是荷蘭後印象派畫家文森·梵谷於1889年在聖雷米的一家精神病院里創作的一幅著名油畫，被廣泛認為是他的代表作之一。該畫現藏於紐約現代藝術博物館。作為表現性的後印象主義畫家梵谷的作品，這幅畫有很強的筆觸。油畫中的主色調藍色代表不開心、陰沉的感覺。很粗的筆觸代表憂愁。畫中景象是一個望出窗外的景象。畫中的樹是柏樹，但畫得像黑色火舌一般，直上雲端，令人有不安之感。天空的紋理像渦狀星系，並伴隨眾多星點，而月亮則是以昏黃的月蝕形式出現。整幅畫中，底部的村落是以平直、粗短的線條繪畫，表現出一種寧靜；但與上部粗獷彎曲的線條卻產生強烈的對比，在這種高度誇張變形和強烈視覺對比中體現出了畫家躁動不安的情感和迷幻的意象世界。梵谷生前非常欣賞日本浮世繪《冨嶽三十六景》中的《神奈川沖浪裏》，而《星夜》中天空的渦狀星雲畫風被認為參考並融入了《神奈川沖浪裏》的元素。(http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/星夜)
The painting was the inspiration for Don McLean's song "Vincent", which is also known by its opening words, "Starry, Starry Night." Below are part of the lyrics:
Starry, starry night.
Paint your palette blue and grey,
Look out on a summer's day,
With eyes that know the darkness in my soul.
Shadows on the hills,
Sketch the trees and the daffodils,
Catch the breeze and the winter chills,
In colors on the snowy linen land.
Now I understand what you tried to say to me,
How you suffered for your sanity,
How you tried to set them free.
They would not listen, they did not know how,
Perhaps they will listen now ...
(http://www.vangoghgallery.com/painting/starrynightlyrics.html)
This painting is part of the exhibition 《Van Gogh and the Colors of the Night》 showing at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam in 2009. 在2009年这张画在阿姆斯特丹凡高博物馆陈列。(http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2008/vangoghnight/)