A new study suggests Vincent van Gogh showed a deep, intuitive understanding of the mathematical structure of turbulence in ...

Was Vincent van Gogh the original chaos theorist? While we admire the beauty of “The Starry Night,” physicists decided to ...

Vincent van Gogh’s The Starry Night (1889), which features a sky of swirling blue hues streaked with bright gold, is one of the most famous paintings in art history. Now, new research shows that the ...

Researchers believe van Gogh spent enough time observing nature that he began to intuitively understand how turbulence ...

But the swirling skies in his masterpiece might be more than a projection of his inner turmoil. According to a new study, van ...

Van Gogh’s precise representation of turbulence might be from studying the movement of clouds and the atmosphere or an innate ...

A new study by a team from China and France found that the swirling patterns in the famous painting’s sky very closely ...

Vincent van Gogh’s famous painting The Starry Night is renowned for its swirling blue skies and luminous yellow stars.

Analysing the brushstrokes on the painting using high-resolution digital images, a team of physicists found that Van Gogh’s works closely mimicked the natural air flow in turbulence. Yongxiang ...

The whirling shapes in Vincent van Gogh’s painting The Starry Night closely resemble real turbulence, as seen in swirling water or smoke from a chimney, according to scientists. Researchers said ...