The Open Book

Art History

In 1888, the year after Van Gough's inciendent he was admitted into a mental hosiptal in Arles. This is where he apparently painted starry night. The background of starry night is said to be the view Van Gough saw from his window.

The girl with the pearl earring, painted in 1665 by Johannes Vermeer. It is known as the Mona Lisa of the north, the woman herself is shrouded in mystery.

The Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo Da Vinci, was painted sometime between 1503 and 1517. The The panting is housed in the Louvre Museum in Paris