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Close-Up Views In The Starry Night Painting By Vincent Van Gogh

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It is important to see both close-up views, and faraway views to fully understand the world around us. Close-up views show us the detail that makes up the big picture. On the other hand, a faraway view shows us the whole thing, which may help us understand how things really are. For example, when you see the ‘Starry Night’ painting by Vincent Van Gogh, you see a moon with wind swirls around it, and at the bottom of the painting you see a small city. But if you look at the little detail under a magnifying glass, you see a whole new meaning to ‘detail’. In it you see each individual brush stroke, which faraway, just looks like swirls of color. Also, you see all the different colors put into let's say, the moon, and the waves. So in many

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