The ultimate optical illusion that brings Van Gogh’s “Starry Night” to life

Starry Night (1889) is one of Van Gogh’s famous and recognizable paintings

In this work, the Dutch expressionist meter has depicted chaotic vortices that follow the Kolmogorov scaling, as derived from a mathematical analysis of the image.

An impressive way to see the image and eddies come to life is circulating online. It is enough to look for 20 seconds in the center of the spiral of the above image and then see the table…

Best way to see Van Gogh’s “Starry Night” is to stare at the center of the spiral for 20 seconds and then look at the painting pic.twitter.com/dORjFVdhlx

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Starry Night is an oil on canvas painting depicting the view from the west window of the painter’s room at the Asylum Saint Remy de Provence, just before sunrise, with the addition of an idealized village.

The painting depicts a night scene with eleven swirls of stars and a bright yellow crescent moon. In the background there are hills, in the middle of the ground there is a moonlit city with a church that has an elongated bell tower, and in the foreground is the dark green silhouette of a cypress tree.

The painting is on display in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York and is considered one of Van Gogh’s best works.