And both astronomical art and astronomy have been the richer for it.
As a result, astronomical art has run the gamut from the photorealistic to the absolutely abstract. And even an artist trying to create a meticulously accurate scene set on, say, Titan will try to make his or her work successful as a landscape painting as well as a useful scientific document. While many artists work closely with astronomers in creating scientifically accurate depictions of astronomical subjects, space artists have always felt free to interpret the wonders of astronomy and space exploration as they see fit. Both depend on science both re-create - from many sources and forms - objects, creatures and places not otherwise visible to the human eye and both allow scientists and others to see what otherwise could not be seen.īecause astronomers have, by and large, treated artists in many respects as colleagues, astronomical art has, in the 400-odd years of its existence, appeared in virtually every media, school and style.
There are many parallels between artists who devote themselves to recreating the distant ages of the Earth's past and those who recreate distant worlds in space.
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