A classic masterpiece bought to life using modern technology is either making Van Gogh cringe and turn in his grave or leaving him singing blessing from the heavens. Robbie Dingo has created a 3d world in Second Life replicating the famous Van Gogh piece, Starry Night. The video below shows exactly how the world was created and its the only way your going to see the 3d world as it was only a temporary project. New World Notes has a detailed look at how the world was created and I hope this is the first of many projects involving remakes of old masterpieces.
[via Boing Boing]

Seeing masterpieces recreated with a little twist is always fun to see such as when Lego Met Fine Art. Bat blog has some great images showing Batman adding inspiration to some very famous pieces of art by artists such as Van Gogh and MC Escher.