History of Astronomyさんのイラストまとめ

From Eyeballs to Electrons
Lick Observatory and the Evolution of Light Detection
Part One: From Naked Eyes to Celestial Cameras
@LickObservatory
https://t.co/R7LaAo7LNX

"Mystic Window for Leo" (1966) by African-American artist, Bettye Saar; multiple iterations of the lion are seen throughout the work, alluding to Leo, the artist's astrological sign; she also inserted images of the constellations, mystical imagery, etc.
https://t.co/QnKkd3Hr7y

Folio for the month of August with an illustration of Virgo, from a liturgical calendar for Ravenna; the text also gives instructions for finding solar & lunar positions for horoscopes, and for determining movable feasts (Milan, 1386) @MorganLibrary
https://t.co/l1PXvzXKPm

"Great Beasts of Legend: Underwater Panthers and their Place in the Native American Cosmos" (video lecture by Dr. Megan Kassabaum, Weingarten Assistant Curator, American Section, @pennmuseum)
https://t.co/Ac1f65pC6v

Engraving of the creation of the planets - surrounded by angels, God points toward a succession of spheres & flames; illustration to the Spanish trans of Buffon's 'Histoire Naturelle', c.1785-1804 by Fernando Selma & Mariano Salvador Maella @britishmuseum
https://t.co/5Vmhhv8B0b

"Portrait of Copernicus" (1973) by American artist, Leonard Baskin (1922-2000); pen and ink and ink wash on paper @americanart https://t.co/GY4ku47erl

Manuscripts and printing in the spread of Muslim science [below: armillary sphere in Kâtib Çelebi's "Kitâb-i Cihânnümâ" (Istanbul, 1732)] @HeritageMuslim https://t.co/uajAwuCSxh

Watercolor of the return of Halley's Comet in 1835 by John James Chalon (born in Geneva in 1778, family moved to England when he was a year old); a group of townspeople point at the comet while another looks at it through a telescope @RMGreenwich
https://t.co/nmzNRrpw9R

"The View from Palomar" (1958) by American artist, Dorothy Dehner (1901-1994), paper etching; the title may allude to the view through the telescope on Mount Palomar @britishmuseum https://t.co/c7hVK4e9ZO

Silk painting of mythological brother and sister, Fuxi and Nuwa, c. 3rdC-8thC; they hold a compass and ruler, symbols related to the traditional Chinese understanding of the universe, with the sun, moon, and several constellations surrounding them @The_NMK
https://t.co/VtUCzKxQWc