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Celestial Art: Moons, Stars & Suns
Before the sky was photographed, it was measured, imagined, personified, and drawn. These celestial works move between observation and myth—useful for science communication, speculative design, posters, and atmospheric visual systems.
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Good starting points.
- Astronomy education and exhibits
- Zodiac and calendar concepts
- Speculative-fiction moodboards
- Poster and album-art references
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Lupin’s selection
Thirty-six useful discoveries.
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Clock watch with astronomical dial and sundial
Hyrdernes bebudelse
And Another Angel Came Out of the Temple which is in Heaven, and He also Having a Sharp Sickle
La vierge assise, ayant l'enfant Jésus sur le bras gauche, et tenant une pomme de la main droite
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Hours of Charles the Noble, King of Navarre (1361-1425): fol. 185r, Crucifixion
The Angel of the Eighth Sphere (from the Tarocchi, series A: Firmaments of the Universe, #48)
The Angel of the Ninth Sphere (from the Tarocchi, series A: Firmaments of the Universe, #49)
Virgin and Child with the Infant Saint John
The Apocalypse: The Angel in the Sun Calling the Birds of Prey
And the Angel Took the Censer
And I Saw an Angel Coming Down from Heaven, Having the Key of the Bottomless Pit and a Great Chain in His Hand
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And In the Very Disk of the Sun Shines the Face of Jesus Christ
The Virgin with a Starry Crown
Adoration of the Magi
The Adoration of the Magi
The Virgin Surrounded by Many Angels
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The Large Plane Trees (Road Menders at Saint-Rémy)
The Sacrifice of Isaac
St. John the Evangelist on the Isle of Patmos
The Apocalypse: The Angel in the Sun Calling the Birds of Prey
Gloria
The Virgin with Hairband on a Crescent Moon
The Immaculate Conception
The Life of the Virgin
The Virgin on a Crescent
The Adoration of the Magi
Pax with the Adoration of the Magi
The Immaculate Conception
The Immaculate Conception
The Virgin and Child Appearing to Saint Francis of Assisi
The Transfiguration
Landscape at Saint-André, Near Marseilles
Christ Carried to Heaven by Angels
Saints Presenting a Devout Woman to the Virgin and Child
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