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Crucifixion paintings can have both sun and moon in them, as in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crucifixion_darkness#mediaviewer/File:Meister_des_Rabula-Evangelium
by dalke 12y ago
Crucifixion paintings can have both sun and moon in them, as in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crucifixion_darkness#mediaviewer/File:Meister_des_Rabula-Evangeliums_002.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crucifixion_darkness#mediaviewe... , but as it's supposed to symbolize darkness during the daytime, it strengthens your point, not weakens is.
What about (and this took quite a bit of searching) Van Gogh's "Cypresses" (http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/49.30 http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/49.30 1889)? "Road with Cypresses" (http://www.wikiart.org/en/vincent-van-gogh/road-with-cypresses-1890 http://www.wikiart.org/en/vincent-van-gogh/road-with-cypress... 1890) has both the sun and the moon in the sky.
- lotsofmangos 12y agoFor some reason I hadn't thought about checking Van-Gogh, I was looking mostly through much older stuff. Thanks for that. :)
- dalke 12y agoI like your observation, btw. It is interesting that the only counter-examples I could find were either done by a post-Impressionist in an asylum, or as an explicit invocation of the supernatural. I would prefer to have found an example made by a realist. Alas, internet search technology doesn't yet handle "pre-20th century paintings showing a daylight moon."