Astrology and Art

[...] by two dragons on the clouds in the sky, an extensive landscape below with figures mining; zodiac signs of Aries and Aquarius in ovals in top corners; after Maarten de Vos. 1585 Engraving © The [...]

[...] Graduate Library, is surrounded by the 12 signs of the zodiac, symbolizing universality. The zodiac signs are, from the top left clockwise: Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, [...]

[...] ” because they liked the raised effect of the zodiac and they wanted to preserve the zodiac signs even though it went against what the architect originally intended. Now most students, [...]

[...] from a metal plate not intended for printing. Engraving (1530-1560) © The Trustees of the British Museum [...]

[...] ; by the lions is a banderole ‘Aequabunt viribus ausus’. 1660s Engraving © The Trustees of the British Museum / http://www.britishmuseum.org [...]

[...] Aquarius in ovals in top corners; after Maarten de Vos. 1585 Engraving © The Trustees of the British Museum [...]

[...] images with human faces were made of this goddess, her shrine is marked by a statue of Pallas Athena instead. Rubens demonstrated once more at this point that he was familiar with ancient [...]

[...] Thesis plate with Pallas Athena in armour riding on a chariot drawn by two lions, while an eagle rises to Jupiter above; by [...]

[...] of the moon, sun, and earth, as well as the stars. The first documentary evidence of an astronomical clock in the cathedral is from 1383 but this was destroyed in 1562. In 1661 it was reconstructed [...]

[...] Photo: Beek2012 on Flickr The astronomical clock of Lund Cathedral, the Horologium mirabile Lundense, was constructed c. 1380. After having [...]

[...] INSPIRING ANGELS was a project I worked 2 years ago, dreaming about stars, sky maps, astrology and searching [...]

[...] . NEBULA INSPIRES SIGNS is the second stage of the project mentioned in the previous post (INSPIRING ANGELS). I always liked Durer`s engravings and I always questioned the magic source of inspiration [...]

Saturn holding a scythe and sitting in a chariot drawn by two dragons on the clouds in the sky, an extensive landscape below with figures mining; zodi [...]

Thesis plate with Pallas Athena in armour riding on a chariot drawn by two lions, while an eagle rises to Jupiter above; by the lions is a banderole � [...]

Hans Bol, 1859 – Landscape with the Story of Venus and Adonis Hans Bol painted this unusual miniature in two parts: the central landscape, painted [...]

Domenicus van Wijnen Astrologer observing the Equinox and a scene of parting Adonis and Venus (~1680) This sombre scene, where the only light comes [...]

[...] Jan Brueghel the Younger – God creating the Sun, the Moon and the Stars(17th century) [...]

[...] Jan Brueghel the Younger – Children of the planet Sun [...]

[...] large-format illustrations in gouache and watercolor depicting wondrous and often eerie celestial phenomena, constellations, conflagrations, and floods as well as other catastrophes and occurrences. [...]

[...] Xiang Yi Fu (The Study of Celestial Phenomena). Page 2. Beijing: ca. 1580. Manuscript. Chinese Rare Book Collection, Asian Division, [...]

[...] project I worked 2 years ago, dreaming about stars, sky maps, astrology and searching for the magic source of inspiration. I posted them recently on FineArtAmerica (www.fineartameric.com) and really [...]

[...] post (INSPIRING ANGELS). I always liked Durer`s engravings and I always questioned the magic source of inspiration for his works. Now, puzzled in my own search for the source of inspiration, I [...]