Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience, an exhibition now on at the National Museum of China, brings an all-encompassing experience of Vincent van Gogh's art. [Photo by Jiang Dong/China Daily]

For example, when the show was staged in the Basilica of San Giovanni Maggiore in Naples, Italy, in 2017, Iacampo's team used 3D scanning and mapping techniques to match their designs to the interior of the historic structure, replicating their column designs with the real ones in the church.

Also on show at the exhibition at the National Museum of China is a re-creation of the subject of Van Gogh's noted painting, Room at Arles. The painting depicts his bedroom, one of several rooms he rented in the building known as the Yellow House in Arles, southern France.

The painting is striking because of the contrast between its bright colors and sharp angles. The room is also a testimony to a meaningful period in Van Gogh's career: Not only did he aspire to more freedom to his painting in Arles, but also, he invited his painter friend Paul Gauguin to stay and work with him. The relationship between them gradually became tense and ended in tragedy when Van Gogh cut off his left ear lobe.