The Starry Night is one of the most well-known painting of modern culture. Vincent van Gogh painted and one of the most replicated painting of all times. The Starry Night while in an Asylum at Saint-Remy in 1889. In the painting, Vincent van Gogh engages the eyes with a bright crescent moon flicked by many blazing stars. The swilling clouds filled the night skyline. A small town lies just below the hills with a tall steeple of a church piercing the night sky. The massive dark dead tree to the left of the painting clearly symbolizes isolation and abandonment. During Van Gogh's younger years between 1876 and 1880, he wanted to dedicate his life to evangelization of those in poverty. After years of anxiety and frequent bouts of mental illness,
