Field Report File No. WP-914A
Vincent van Gogh to Emoji
Charted · 2 clicks · 1 route
Fully surveyed · every link a written connection
Vincent van Gogh connects to Emoji in 2 clicks — Vincent van Gogh → The Great Wave off Kanagawa → Emoji — a closeness we score 59/100 on the Surprise Score (Didn't see that coming).
The Traverse
- 01OriginVincent van Gogh
- 02The Great Wave off Kanagawa
↳Hughes describes it as a moment of extreme visionary ecstasy: the stars are in a great whirl, reminiscent of Hokusai's Great Wave, the movement in the heaven above is reflected by the movement of the cypress on the earth below, and the painter's vision is "translated into a thick, emphatic plasma of paint".
- 03DestinationEmoji
↳On computer operating systems designed by Apple Inc., the emoji character for a water wave strongly resembles the wave depicted in the print.
Findings
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