VCU’s Mohamed Gad-el-Hak says the swirls depicted in the painting do not follow the rules of flow physics after all.
“It’s low in the sky and it’s big and ... picture of a black hole. Van Gogh creates his own highly personal image of space in the form of Starry Night. Both are constructions, both are ...
He found that Van Gogh’s swirls and vortexes followed the ... Researchers replaced the night sky in the painting with simulated supersonic turbulence, processed to resemble the original painting.
Van Gogh’s influence permeates Kiefer’s career, and is most evident in this colossal painting, stretching nearly 28 feet long ...