1. Van Gogh’s Most Famous Work
Starry Night
Van Gogh’s Most Famous Work

2. Don McLean’s “Starry, Starry Night”
Tribute to Van Gogh
Written after reading a book about his tragic life
First played live in 1971
Is now played every day at the Van Gogh Museum in Holland
The song’s sheet music is buried in a time capsule beneath the museum.
Don McLean talks about the process of writing “Starry Night” about Van Gogh. ====>

3. MOMA - Museum of Modern Art
Thick “impasto” paint
Brushstroke lines that imitate Japanese woodblock prints
Van Gogh was obsessed with light and nature
The night sky seems to move, ripple, and swirl
Van Gogh painted Starry Night while in a lunatic asylum
Van Gogh painted it so quickly that the canvas shows through in some places

4. VR Starry Night
Starry Night painted by a virtual reality artist.

5. Starry Night on “Dark Water” Painting
Artist recreates Starry Night using paints on top of water.