Neil deGrasse Tyson on Van Gogh's "Starry Night"
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ก.พ. 2020
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Neil deGrasse Tyson loves himself some Vincent van Gogh. Specifically his painting "Starry Night." Neil shows off his fandom of Starry Night and tells us why he loves the painting so much, including why the title "Starry Night" is so important and how van Gogh invoked emotion by painting how reality felt instead of how reality was at the time. Neil also talks about how we are able to know when and where it was actually painted. And that’s when Chuck Nice brings out his special Starry Night surprise for Neil!
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"Art captures the emotion of reality."
He gets it! This guy really does know everything!
And imagination, not just reality.
Plus, reality is as we see it because we are humans not because it really is this way.
To other conscious beings (say aliens) our existence might appear quite differently.
"art at its best captures the emotion of the reality rather than the reality."
oh so that's art is for.
Jesus novela
I’ve read that Van Gogh was actually an astronomy fan and read astronomy magazines. There was actually a popular astronomy magazine at the time that was available at the asylum where he was staying that had one of Camille Flamarrion’s sketches of the Whirlpool Galaxy. He could have easily seen that sketch and incorporated the Whirlpool in his painting.
Marc Bell should read this.
I took a $20 Starry Night shower curtain and stretched it onto a five foot canvas, so I have an enormous Van Gough on my living room wall. I did the same with a $30 Marilyn Monroe photo on my other wall. They both get a lot of attention. I spent maybe $15 on some 1"x1" wood and a white bed sheet to make a canvas with a cross support. Just need screws, staples, and patience. An inexpensive piece of art the same size might cost hundreds of dollars.
Damn smart. Thank you for something to consider.
Nice
Yea but nobody but a machine and you spent time on it. When you pay for art you are purchasing a small piece of an artist's soul.
@@erdemmemisyazici3950 That's not the point. It's a cheap, easy way to get a nice piece of decoration on the wall, one that everyone talks about when they walk in. As an artist, I can appreciate the time and effort it takes to create a piece of art, but I definitely can't afford anything more than a print.
Lol I don't think Van Gough would have seen much of that money, anyway.
What I like about Starry Night is the feeling of vastness of space. Van Gogh really knew how to translate the feeling of infinite possibility if we could open our minds far enough. It's why he was a genius and why he was a little bit crazy.
A great scientist speaking about an incredible artist.
Neil gets Art! That is wonderful! The Starry night is a thoughtful gift!
One explanation of Van Gogh's halos around the stars is that he suffered from lead poisoning, which affects vision and creates the illusion of auras around objects.
Or he could have had cataracts, which also does the same thing. I have cataracts and I am an artist. My eye doctor has been pushing me to get surgery which I have declined for now. She wanted to know why and I said I see the most fascinating effects, especially at night.
@waynehanley72 - Fuch's Corneal Dystrophy also makes you see halos around points of light as your corneas slowly deteriorate. It's pretty until you have to drive at night, then it can be very annoying.
the phrase made me listen to Don McLean - Vincent ( Starry, Starry Night) again
That is his best composition. I love it.
As an artist, a painting is designed or meant to draw ones eyes to what is most important or central to the subject of the painting, thus "starry nights".
I love Under Lucky Stars. I got one for when I met my wife and for our wedding. Brother, both were no doubt about it homeruns.
I really enjoy watching these brothers converse on their various intellectual journeys. And a gift to boot!! They're both genuine and down to earth!!! 😃😃
I never knew that. Van Gogh actually painted the sky as it was one night. Fabulous.
3:34 "or he could have called it, I CANT SLEEP!!" 😂😂😂
I'm surprised he didn't have a Van Gogh ear muff.
Earmuff, singular
He does have a Van Gogh tie though.
we didn't get to see his tattoos
Or Van Gogh condoms
because Van Gogh ear muff only comes in singles.
Ok, so I used the Celestron SkyPortal app to take a look at the actual sky this was painted after. Even changed the Date to mid June 1889, and viewing location to Southern France. Not only is Starry Night spot on, but just realized the constellation Aries is smack dab in the middle, between the Crescent moon and Venus. That constellation at that time of day & year starts lower left, travels up to the right, then curls downward. Similar to the curl and twist as the painted "Swirl" in the middle of Van Gough's painting. I got a feeling this isn't a coincidence. . .
I just checked that with KStars and a moon-phase calculation script. Venus was close to the horizon at ENE, with Aries above it, but the Moon is way off to the side (the constellation between them being Pegasus), more to the south. Also its phase is slightly more than half, and waning, not a crescent, and Wikipedia confirms this with its image of the night sky at that place and time.
My favorite painting.
“I want to touch people with my art. I want them to say 'he feels deeply, he feels tenderly' “. - Vincent
He could have called it, "I Can't Sleep."
Actually, Van Gogh might have seen the sky that way, since it was the practice of artists to wet their brushes on their lips/tongues to mix paints high in lead at the time. This could account for the tracery and fuzziness to him of stars, since the lights would seem to vibrate and flow..
It is my most favorite of his work.
That was really good
Starry Night is also my favorite painting. It's so beautiful.
It has been suggested that there might be another explanation for the swirls around the stars in Starry Night. In Van Gogh's time they couldn't go to the local art store and buy their paint. So...they made their own. White paint back then used lead instead of titanium dioxide as the pigment. It, of course, is highly toxic and in his time they had no real knowledge or understanding of these things. One of the symptoms of lead poisoning is that it can give victims halo vision and even mental disorders. Not saying that was the case. Just kinda makes you think. Breathing the lead oxide dust over years of making your paint could have had a long term effect. We know about lead paint chips and kids. It tastes sweet. Romans used it to sweeten their wine. Van Gogh may have licked his fingers while grinding the pigment to make his paint. Or just breathed the dust. But wouldn't that put an interesting twist on those crazy stars?
Plus, he practically painted night and day non stop, and was drinking way too much alcohol.
The map of the sky for any given day is so cool, I love it!
That was a fantastic gift from Chuck! Now Neil can have both the emotional reality and the physical reality side-by-side!
The fact that Neil has a phone case really trips me up.
Josh B yeah I remember he went into a diatribe on why he didn’t have one on Rogan or something
That's a sticker, not a case
@@JudgeDredd_ yeah remember that, too, he claimed he got used to handling the bare phone in his hand so that he wouldn't drop it
gornes it’s a skin tho, not a case.
My favorite astrophysicist and my favorite painting. MIND BLOWN
Er, until you realise this video was just an excuse to plug a new sponsor!
I like what Dr. Tyson said about art. I agree. It says something that TH-cam is so full of hyper realistic art.
Hey you guys. Thanks for the program. And Neil...to make you jealous...years back I found a cloisonné Tea Pot and a roll stamp dispenser...both with a Starry Night design. I'm also a fan of the art.
Hi
My daughter & I were in France where a some artists learn to paint. I bought Starrynight painting from a street artist and it is gorgeous and hangs in my LR. 🌠
What a tragic figure Van Gogh was. Such a torturous entire life from very young childhood. And, to express so much through his art that it continues to be a subject of discussion to this day.
It's believed that he was manic-depressive, before such things could be diagnosed.
I discovered this show last month, best youtube discovery since.
@m4r_art - You will have many hours of joy catching up!
Wow what a nice gift ❤
The sky look like that when I’m not wearing my glasses because my eyes are awful
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Don McLean explains it all in vincent starry starry night
The Dr Who Van Gogh episode is my favourite Dr Who episode
I like the theory that Van Gogh was inspired by Hokusai's "Great Wave Off Kanagawa" block print.
MY FAVORITE PAINTING.
Man. Chuck nice is great for this format.
Starry Night < I Can't Sleep
the only part i don't agree is "first painting ever that was named for what was drawn in the background" part. when i look to the painting i see the starry sky as the main thing in the painting, not as the background, but the village and other things seem dark and insignificant.
Well done Neil.your expertise on the reality really shines
That’s gotta be the best pillow I have ever seen
I thought maybe a video would start after the 6 minute ad
Wow that was a really really long ad
"When I have a terrible need of - shall I say the word - religion. Then I go out and paint the stars." -Vincent Van Gogh
A study suggested that Van Gogh saw illustrations of whirlpool galaxies at an exhibition and put them all over the place.
They're getting really good at these commercials.
Everything takes practice.
Art always captures the reality of the situation 👌
U forgot to mention “this video is sponsored by under Lucky star”
Neil did mention it at the very beginning, though phrased differently
Oh lol I always fast forward the beginning
gama munoz it’s in the description box as well
This video is sponsored by us 😁
Not just sponsored by it, it was a commercial for it lol
Enjoyed it, thank you.
I about had a heart attack when the intro music bust in over Neil's beautiful soothing Bob Rossy voice as I turned the volume up.
Neil... literally 80% of the painting is of the sky...and Chuck acting like he hasn’t heard Neil explain this a hundred times already... I need a new full length cosmic queries !!
exactly what I thought.. when you look at the painting, it has eye catchy colours i.e. yellow in the sky that is supposed to grab your attention and everything else become the background so to speak.
Love to see an episode with you and Michio Kaku.
check the episode with hawking, michio is there.
I remember hearing in one of my pharmacology classes that the thought was Van Gogh used to snack on purple foxglove flowers and was actually in digitalis toxicity she he painted this 🤷🏻♂️
Nice to see you again Neil
I love that painting!
Love these
I swear I thought Neil was gonna say, "When you squeeze the Moon, the pillow makes a fart noise." 💨😆
It’s my favorite also and I too hav it on everything.
Looks Awesome!!
😊 from what I understand he painted starry night from a dream that's why it looks the way it does.
I wanna be just like Neil when I grow up
I put glow in the dark stars on my ceiling in my bedroom... The constilations were all of my own invention, like Ka, the constrictor... Rocky the flying squirel... All my favourites from teen years. 😁. 💋💖💋💖😆😆🌵👵🐺🖖
When Neil dosent give the pillow back haha
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Hey Neil! I have seen you with a miniature sized painting of Starry Night. I'd like to know where you got it! I would love to get myself one! :)
When Chuck was talking about what he got for Neil I somehow saw him as a child and a man. That's not an insult, I mean I could... feel his timeline? I could recognize him as an aging human rather than a static adult.
Oh, I get it now! The painting has stars in it, and de Grasses Tyson is an astrophysicist! So he's an art expert!
6m 26s of a very elaborate ad.
I have some of those credit card covers that each have a van Gogh painting on them.
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From seeing his paintings, especially "Starry Night", I have often wondered if he had synesthesia.
Man Chuck Nice is so nice!!
Life just keeps getting better
Doing a jigsaw puzzle of this painting. ❤
A true Renaissance Man Neil! Mickael Casol from Montreal!
Is there a star app u reccomend for looking at the night sky ?
I definitely Can’t sleep when I see this painting 🖼, hahaha
Well, that's the most beautiful advertisement I've ever seen.
i loved watching the Hubble pictures being colored by the scientists.
awesome
Best commercial ever 🤩
4:48 🌌
4:48 there is an orb, ghosts totally exist.
REEE
You mean you saw something round in "this" Universe?
😂😂😂
I assume you're being facetious, but JUST IN CASE you're not... you are saying that on EXACTLY THE WRONG CHANNEL, lol.
ProgHead777 I just wanted to get people to use their investigation skills for 1.5 seconds. I done real good.
Where can we make questions/proposals for a new video?
I always thought it was his expression of the Milky Way, which you can see occasionally.
I feel I was just ambushed by an advert.. 😂
AND a world class art thief? Stealing hearts.
Oh come on Neil!!..
At Least Hug the man! Its a great gift 😊
2:44 And for the rest of the video, Chuck thinks to himself: “Damn, this chair is uncomfortable!” 😂
I have it all in my space too :)
I thought you were also going to mention the song by Don McLean - Vincent
Can we do an episode about “The James Webb Telescopic”?
I don't agree the picture is named for the background. The name is "Starry night", not "Starry sky". The night (and day too) exits on Earth and other planets and moons, not in Space. If you were in a spaceship on its way to Mars, could you say it's day or night outside?
Hello! The starry night is going out on June 1st by lego! Take a look! Are you going to buy it?
I have bad eyes. On a bit of doctor O, that's how the night sky looks to me. Van Gogh was also near sighted. He might have used spectacles to paint the village.
You're lucky in that the real Starry Night is close to you at the Museum of Modern Art. I'm a Van Gogh specialist in Toronto. Oh, and I have that exact same pillow, by the way.
Dear mr deGrasse Tyson. You unfortunately as many Americans pronounce van Gogh wrong. It is with a hard G in front and at the end. But I loved your video. We Dutch are very proud of Vincent. As are the French, where he lived the second part of his life.
fun video :)
Wasn't it Jack Horkeimer who use to say Keep Looking up?
I also had glow in the dark stars on my ceiling. But i became a programmer not an astrophysicist
Btw, there is no "up." Same thing as we are not in the center of everything. To make sense of things to us, we give it a direction.
He could have called it: ¨I can't sleep¨ That's a good one! :D
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