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Van Gogh’s ‘Starry Night’ held a secret — and scientists just discovered the ‘hidden turbulence’
“The Starry Night,” the 1889 hallmark artwork by Dutch ... “With a high-resolution digital picture, we were able to measure precisely the typical size of the brushstrokes and compare these ...
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The hidden science swirling in ‘The Starry Night’
They found that “The Starry Night” was turbulent, and not just by artistic standards. A decade later, astrophysicist James Beattie analyzed the variations in luminance in a patch in the middle ...
Turbulent skies of Vincent Van Gogh’s ‘The Starry Night’ align with a scientific theory, study finds
“The Starry Night” is an oil-on-canvas painting that ... to an asylum there after mutilating his left ear. Using a digital ...