Theme: Literary works can reflect the author's inner world and his understanding of the times and events at that time.
The background of Van Gogh's painting is1May 8, 889. After his second mental breakdown, Van Gogh came to Saint Remy, 25 kilometers away from Al, and volunteered for psychiatric treatment. At that time, the doctor allowed him to go out to sketch during the day. After he was hospitalized for a month, he painted this picture. The village in the picture is Saint Remy.
Van Gogh wanted to convey a spirit of not bowing to fate through this painting. Rotating nebulae in the sky, flexible branches, though weak, are pulled into the sky without hesitation. Convey the author's inner anguish and melancholy. It also shows people's struggle and struggle. It reflects Van Gogh's negative description of the society at that time and realistically depicts the distortion and darkness of the society. Of course, this is hidden. We can see that the starry sky brought Van Gogh's own yearning for the universe, but he had a nervous breakdown and felt that the starry sky was not as beautiful as people saw, but extremely distorted, just like the color and dark tone of the picture. So why is this? Because Van Gogh was forced to work in the early stage, his boss treated him badly, and he could not find his own faith after resigning. Coupled with the failure of cooperation in the later period, there is a mountain-like pressure on himself, which makes him pessimistic about life. Finally, he shot himself, struggled in the hotel for two days and died peacefully.
The composition of this painting is very good, as Van Gogh himself once described: "Those cypresses always occupy my mind-I am surprised that no one has ever painted them as I see them." The lines and proportions of cypress trees are as beautiful as the pyramids and minarets in Egypt-black splash in the clear scenery. " Van Gogh used some characteristics of pre-impressionism to express the light and shadow of objects with points, which had an effect that traditional painting could not achieve. The contrast between the spire of the church and the horizon shows that the top of the black cypress just passes through the vortex nebula. The dark blue tone gives a heavy feeling and strengthens the darkness at night. Cypress is black, which means darkness. At the same time, there are yellow stars, bright white and yellow to draw the stars and the surrounding halo, giving people a warm and bright feeling. The spinning sky in the painting contrasts with the quiet village. The color of the whole picture is in harmony with the night. So this painting is very famous.