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Learning.” MoMA | Vincent Van Gogh. The Starry
Night. 1889, Museum of Modern Art,
www.moma.org/learn/moma_learning/vincent-van-gogh-the-starry-night-1889.
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| “Vincent Van Gogh. The Starry Night. Saint Rémy, June 1889 | MoMA.” The Museum of Modern Art, www.moma.org/collection/works/79802. |
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| Whitman, Walt. “When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer by Walt Whitman.” Poetry Foundation, Poetry Foundation, www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45479/when-i-heard-the-learnd-astronomer. |
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| St.Claire, Natalya. “The Unexpected Math behind Van Gogh's ‘Starry Night’ - Natalya St. Clair.” TED-Ed, TED CONFERENCES, LLC, ed.ted.com/lessons/the-unexpected-math-behind-van-gogh-s-starry-night-natalya-st-clair. |
TEDEd is new to me . . . and that lesson was way beyond my comprehension. But I like the animations! You might find this interesting -- a quilting friend of mine made a small art quilt inspired by Starry Night and also Van Gogh's Six Sunflowers. You can see it on her blog: https://juliagraber.blogspot.com/2017/07/starlit-sunflower.html
ReplyDeleteWell blended pieces gathered here! Loved the video!
ReplyDeleteWow, the TedEd with the poem is wonderful, Linda. The illustration looks like a fine picture book cover.
ReplyDeleteThat was eye opening your link for the TedEd talk Linda. I think the stars are a wonderful thing to ponder upon, and what a fun poem, I like Whitman's closing line, "looked up in perfect silence at the stars." Thanks!
ReplyDeleteOoooo. How fascinating! What a wonderful bundle of goodies this is. I love TEDs and TEDEds. -- Christie @ https://wonderingandwondering.wordpress.com/
ReplyDeleteFour amazing bits on August FOURTH. I think I'll save your post and share it whole cloth with my students!
ReplyDeleteI'm starstruck by this collection of goodness... and van Gogh is a favorite. Much to love here. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! You can study something until your blue in the face, but there's absolutely nothing quite like experiencing it for yourself, especially when it comes to nature.
ReplyDeleteFascinating talk!
ReplyDeletePoor Van Gogh; lucky us.
I'm going to share this with my students, too - thank you!
ReplyDeleteI love everything about this post, Linda! "The Starry Night" is sublime, and Whitman's poem reminds me of something Einstein said: "Not everything that counts can be counted and not everything that can be counted counts." Thanks so much for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThe video was intriguing Linda as was the post on Van Gogh. Interesting that my husband and I went to MoMa PS1 the smaller museum in Long Island City last Monday. I was hoping to see a Van Gogh but there were many fascinating pieces of modern art there that we were thrilled with the exhibits. Thanks for your creative work here.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fascinating connecting of the dots you've done for us here, Linda, including Van Gogh's quote and Walt Whitman's poem. Great post!
ReplyDeleteWhoa. It's funny how things intersect. I've been working this summer on finding some calmer ways to be an intense, passionate (read anxious) person, a task which was made trickier by my discovery that now, when you take the Meyers-Briggs, there's an added measure of identity that ranges from "assertive" to "turbulent"! I have to go and investigate that 5/3 ratio now. Great contrast of Whitman and Van Gogh...
ReplyDeletehttps://www.16personalities.com/articles/identity-assertive-vs-turbulent
I'll look forward to watching the TED talk. Starry Night is one of my favorite paintings. I love that despite the fantasy feel of the swirling brushstrokes, the stars were in their correct places for the time and place Van Gogh painted it.
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