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‘The Starry Night’ Accurately Depicts a Scientific Theory That Wasn’t Described Until Years After van Gogh’s Death
Researchers say that the iconic painting’s swirling sky lines up with Kolmogorov’s theory of turbulence, suggesting that the artist was a careful observer of the world around him
By Julia Binswanger via @smithsonianmag
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-starry-night-accurately-depicts-a-scientific-theory-that-wasnt-described-until-years-after-van-goghs-death-180985116/
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1. Van Gogh - Starry Night Van Gogh depicted the view at different times of the day and under various weather conditions, such as the sunrise, moonrise, sunshine-filled days, overcast days, windy days, and one day with rain. While the hospital staff did not allow Van Gogh to paint in his bedroom, he was able there to make sketches in ink or charcoal on paper; eventually, he would base newer variations on previous versions. The pictorial element uniting all of these paintings is the diagonal line coming in from the right depicting the low rolling hills of the Alpilles mountains. In fifteen of the twenty-one versions, cypress trees are visible beyond the far wall enclosing the wheat field.
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