The Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh This is the art that gives me the most deeply impression. I have saw this picture in so many ways, so actually I know the story of this painting so long ago, but this is the first time that Im standing in front of a priceless painting. After I saw its introduction, I knew that this mid-scale, oil-on-canvas painting is dominated by a moon- and star-filled night sky. It takes up three-quarters of the picture plane and appears turbulent, even agitated, with intensely swirling patterns that seem to roll across its surface like waves. It is pocked with bright orbs—including the crescent moon to the far right, and Venus, the morning star, to the left of center—surrounded by concentric circles of radiant white and yellow light. Beneath this expressive sky sits a hushed village of humble houses surrounding a church, whose steeple rises sharply above the undulating blue-black mountains in the background. A cypress tree sits at the foreground of this night scene. Flame-like, it reaches almost to the top edge of the canvas, serving as a visual link between land and sky. Considered symbolically, the cypress could be seen as a bridge between life, as represented by the earth, and death, as represented by the sky, commonly associated with heaven. Also, Van Gogh used the best pigment and canvas for his all painting, so that his painting can be keep a very long period without natural ageing, so it is also one of the reason that makes his painting become extremely valuable.