In his swirling 1889 masterwork, The Starry Night, Vincent van Gogh took certain artistic liberties. The quaint valley village is imaginary and the brilliant crescent moon was actually in waning ...

The dappled starlight and swirling clouds of Vincent van Gogh’s “The Starry Night” are thought to reflect the artist’s tumultuous state of mind when he painted the work in 1889. Now, a new analysis by ...

The whirling shapes in the painting, which was created in 1889, follow a ‘distinct pattern of structures’ seen in the natural environment, according to the study The whirling shapes in Vincent van ...

Vincent van Gogh’s most famous painting is The Starry Night (1889), created (along with several other masterpieces) during the artist’s stay at an asylum in Arles following his breakdown in December ...

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 analyzed Vincent van Gogh’s Starry Night to see how well its famous swirls matched up with known atmospheric physics. After analysis, they found that not only did the shapes match ...

The Dutch master Vincent van Gogh may have painted one of Western history's most enduring works, but "The Starry Night" is not a masterpiece of flow physics—despite recent attention to its captivating ...

Van Gogh’s Starry Night over the Rhône (September 1888) gives a marvellous insight into the artist’s life and work in Arles, in Provence. Seeing both the painting, now at the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, ...

The Lego Ideas Vincent van Gogh – The Starry Night is a magnificent work of art. It has a clever use of layers, implements unorthodox building techniques, and the way the painting literally pops from ...

When Vincent van Gogh painted “The Starry Night” 135 years ago, he captured a subjective feeling about the heavens. But, as it turns out, real science is also reflected in the iconic piece, a new ...

Famous American writer Isaac Asimov once said, “There is an art to science, and science in art.” A new study proves this quote right by highlighting a never-before-seen connection between Vincent van ...