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Volume I Number 1 Page 72

Note on Cover Painting

As David Christian has observed, Vincent van

Gogh’s painting, “La nuit étoilée” (“Starry

Night over the Rhône”), beautifully integrates many of big history’s

themes.

Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890)Starry Night over the Rhône1888

Oil on canvasH. 72.5; W. 92 cmParis, Musée d’OrsayDonation by Mr and Mrs Robert Khan-Sriber with life interest reserved, in memory of Mr and Mrs Fernad Moch, 1975

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