They found that “The Starry Night” was turbulent, and not just by artistic standards. A decade later, astrophysicist James Beattie analyzed the variations in luminance in a patch in the middle ...

"There isn't a single straight line in the park -- just like in nature ... The artist painted "Starry Night" in June 1889 while he was in a Saint Remy psychiatric hospital.

Niday Picture Library / Alamy Stock Photo Van Gogh's The Starry Night (1889) is an example of how an artist can use a specialised painting technique to suggest movement. Broken, swirling lines ...