Van Gogh's "The Starry Night" seems to follow a mathematical theory describing fluids in nature. He couldn't have understood the equations, which came about decades after his death.

Lifestyle Van Gogh’s ‘Starry Night’ held a secret — and scientists just discovered the ‘hidden turbulence’ By Alex Mitchell Published Sep. 18, 2024, 3:24 p.m. ET ...

Van Gogh painted Starry Night in June 1889, while he was living in an asylum in southern France as he recovered from a mental breakdown that resulted in the self-mutilation of his left ear around ...