Famous Night Sky Paintings

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For centuries, humans have looked to the night sky for answers to life’s biggest questions around space, time, and even religion.  As early as 8,000 BC, people were constructing monumental structures inspired by their observation of the solar and lunar movements, which functioned as an early clock and was one of the oldest forms of time measurement.

THE NIGHT SKY IN PAINTINGS

FAMOUS NIGHT SKY PAINTINGS IN ART

Adoration of the Magi (c. 1304 – 1306) Giotto di Bondone

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The Great Comet of 1680 Over Rotterdam (1680) Lieve Verschuier

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Fishermen at Sea (1796) J. M. W. Turner

#3

Nocturne in Black and Gold, The Falling Rocket (1875) James McNeill Whistler

#4

The Starry Night (1889) Vincent van Gogh

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Rainy Midnight (1890) Childe Hassam

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Moonlight, Wood Island Light (1894) Winslow Homer

#7

Boulevard Montmartre at Night (1897) Camille Pissarro

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