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OCR: became reality with the awesome weaponry and lagistics f the Franco Prussian War which opened new ere ir military history During the same September in Arles that Van Gogh pondered the stars and life after death, he sketched portrait of his friend Lieutenant Milliet, ar officer f the elite Zouave corps (Fig He aimed ata loud brash and vulgar portrait right down ta the flashy details of the unifomm Milliet was bound for Africa ta da his colonial tour of duty It is noteworthy that Van Gogh painted ir the upper right-hand corner the portrait the insignia of Milliet's regiment the maon and the five- pointed star co-opted from the world of Islam that once ruled aver Algeria. demon strates ta me that the Starry Night owes its pawer nat only ta the graphic and painterly qualities af Vincent var Go ...