When I first encountered this painting I was taken back by Vincent Van Goghs usage of yellows and blues. ... I think the homes are also colored with purples, blues, and reds to keep the onlookers attention as they look from the two major points in the paintings. If the houses where not so elaborately decorated or placed I for one would be more focused on the sky or the tree in the foreground. ...

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The way he overlaps the houses and the elements in the sky creates the illusion of space, making the scene surreal and the viewer take a deeper more intense look at the painting. ... Van Gough used a combination of stimulating blues, greens, and purples to stimulate the mind but then interrupts it by the startling images of the yellow stars. ... Even though the light of the stars the houses seem uninterested of the actions above and the moon interrupts by making them take notice. ...

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