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Sunday, January 17, 2016

The MOON in art

Viktor Schreckengost, a city skyline with moon
Viktor Schreckengost
   
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an Eileen F. Balfour woodcut, moon through trees
an Eileen F. Balfour woodcut       see full size

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a Chesley Bonestell illustration of an audience observing the moon
a Chesley Bonestell illustration       see full size
       
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an A.J. Casson illustration
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commercial illustration by the painter A.J. Casson
       
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'City Of The Moon' was theatre performed at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair
'
City Of The Moon' was theatre performed at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair 
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an Ivan Fedorovich Painting, cloudy moon over water
an Ivan Fedorovich Painting
       
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a Fritz Eichenberg illustration, moon and tree demon
a Fritz Eichenberg illustration
       
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Bertha Boynton Lum color art, moon and owl
Bertha Boynton Lum art
       
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a 1950 M.C. Escher print, water ripples
M.C. Escher,  1950       see full size

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a Dorothy Pulis Lathrop illustration
a Dorothy Pulis Lathrop illustration
       
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Lunar surface photograph
       
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a Caspar David Friedrich painting, two figures looking at the mon
a Caspar David Friedrich painting
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a Caspar David Friedrich painting of trees with a moon
Caspar David Friedrich       see full size
       
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an 1872 illustration for a Jules Verne book about the moon
an 1872 illustration for a Jules Verne book
       
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an 1872 illustration for a Jules Verne book about the moon
an 1872 illustration for a Jules Verne book about the moon
       
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a Frederic Church painting of a stormy coast with moon
a Frederic Church painting
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a 1957 aerial photograph of the moon's surface
a 1957 photograph
       
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a Knud Andreassen Baade painting, man viewing moon over stormy sea
Knud Andreassen Baade,  1850       see full size
       
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an 1888 dried floral arrangement from a catalog, in a moon crescent shape
an 1888 dried floral arrangement from a catalog       see full size

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an Edwin Howland Blashfield 1927 color image of a moon goddess sprinkling stars
Edwin Howland Blashfield,  1927
       
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a Frank Frazetta illustration, space moon creature
a Frank Frazetta illustration
       
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Eugen von Guerard 1857 painting of a prairie fire at night
Eugen von Guerard,  1857       see full size

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a Norman Lindsay illustration of seduction in moonlight
a Norman Lindsay illustration

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a Frank R. Paul illustration of the moon and Earth colliding
a Frank R. Paul illustration
       
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a Gerardo Dottori painting of a moon in a bay, fascist art
a Gerardo Dottori painting,  1935       see full size
       
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a Gustave Dore book illustration of a chariot trip to the moon
a Gustave Dore book illustration,  1800s
       
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a John A. Grimshaw painting of a wet moonlit street
a John A. Grimshaw painting
       
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a Leonard Starr newspaper comic story panel
a Leonard Starr newspaper comic story panel       see full size
       
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the lunar surface from above, a color photograph
       
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an 1874 commuter rocket train to the moon, an illustration for Jules Verne?
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