History of Astronomyさんのイラストまとめ

"Reading, Gaming, and Making, Oh My!: STEAM Education throughout History"; a @googlearts online exhibition from the collections of the @AdlerPlanet https://t.co/jyxilk9trl

"Starkid" (2007) by Owusu-Ankomah (b. 1956, Ghana), acrylic on canvas @HoodMuseum https://t.co/I86ZPBI6O6

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

Illustration of the retrograde motion of planets, in a 16thC Persian copy of al-Qazwini's ʻAjāʼib al-makhlūqāt wa-gharāʼib al-mawjūdāt, "The marvels of creation and the oddities of existence" @CamDigLib
https://t.co/SFOuDRn2l4

"Astronomy: Projection...Parabolic Orbits of 72 Comets" by Abraham Rees and Wilson Lowry; diagram of the orbits of 72 comets with orbits of planets, from "Cyclopaedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences" (Philadelphia, 1802) @AdlerPlanet
https://t.co/9iBI08ftk5

Birth of a prince painting from Rajasthan, India, c. 1725; the setting includes the court astrologer with book in hand predicting the horoscope of the infant prince (behind the musicians) @britishmuseum
https://t.co/GOlWhWrDKA

The signs of the zodiac, opaque watercolor painting and gold on paper, Jaipur, India, c. 1890
@V_and_A https://t.co/pzQsj64Zwm

An Astronomer (Aristotle or Euclidarius), woodcut from the First German Encyclopedia (Stainer: Augsburg, 1540) @LACMA
https://t.co/KLdtxRM9yi

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