He really did gogh the extra mile.
“The Starry Night,” the 1889 hallmark artwork by Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh, is remarkably congruent to the astronomic principles of our sky, atmospheric scientists recently discovered. It also alludes to the artist being well ahead of the scientific minds of the 19th century.
“With a high-resolution digital picture, we were able to measure precisely the typical size of the brushstrokes and compare these to the scales expected from turbulence theories.”Current study authors examined different types of brushstrokes in similar circumstances like leaves fluttering in the wind to classify atmospheric conditions of wind such as its shape and energy. Other factors regarding brightness within various paint colors were also examined in relation to the energy of movement.
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