Measuring the relative scale and spacing of the whirling brush strokes in van Gogh’s “The Starry Night" (IMAGE)
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The authors measured the relative scale and spacing of the whirling brush strokes in van Gogh’s “The Starry Night,” along with variances in luminance of the paint, to see if the laws that apply in the physics of real skies apply in the artist’s depiction. The results suggest van Gogh had an innate understanding of atmospheric dynamics. He captured multiple dimensions of atmospheric physics with surprising accuracy.
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Yinxiang Ma
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