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Abstract

This study is about the night, with interest in seeing how it was approached in different periods, from the Middle Ages to our days. The goal was to map the relationship between the night and the imagination. The method adopted was the comparison of the approaches found in literature, music, painting and architecture. In the results lies the night associated with fear, rites, myths, power, but also freedom, security, beauty, and modernity. It is concluded that the nights served to characterize the emotional aesthetics of each era.