ScienceScientists act as art detectives to date the real sky in van Gogh’s ‘The Starry Night’
A team of South Korean researchers has proposed a new date for the night sky shown in Vincent van Gogh’s famous painting. Art historians have long treated the stars as fantasy or dated the scene to June 1889, but details such as the thin crescent moon do not fit that date.
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Scientists act as art detectives to date the real sky in van Gogh’s ‘The Starry Night’
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