CELESTIAL SLEUTH.

This article discusses efforts by the astrophysicist Donald Olson to determine the celestial view during historical periods. This research has indicated the map of the sky on the night that Vincent Van Gogh painted "Starry Night," and Edvard Munch painted "Girls on a Pier." Questions about the degre...

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Published in:	Smithsonian Vol. 40; no. 1; pp. 70 - 76
Main Authors:	Drapkin, Jennifer, Zielinski, Sarah
Format:	Article
Published:	Smithsonian Magazine Apr2009
Subjects:	Olson, Donald Astronomical research Science & the humanities Art history Literature & history Munch, Edvard, 1863-1944 Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400 Battle of Tarawa, Kiribati, 1943
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost