Gustave Doré was a French illustrator who is best known for his work during the 19th century. One of Doré’s most famous projects was his series of illustrations for Dante’s Divine Comedy, a three-part epic poem written by the medieval Italian poet Dante Alighieri. Doré’s illustrations for the Divine Comedy are considered some of his […]
Hilma af Klint was a Swedish artist who is known for her pioneering role in the development of abstract art. Born in 1862, af Klint was the daughter of a naval captain and grew up in a household that valued scientific thinking and spiritual exploration. Despite being trained as a painter in the classical tradition,
Caravaggio, born Michelangelo Merisi, was a revolutionary artist who made a significant impact on the art world during the late 16th and early 17th centuries. His unique style, characterized by the use of extreme contrasts of light and dark, has had a lasting influence on the development of painting techniques and aesthetics. One of the
Caroline LaursenCarolineLaursen.Redbubble.com I remember sitting night after night reading Beatrix Potter books to my children when they were young – secretly however it wasn’t the words I was interested in. Sure, the stories of Peter Rabbit, Jemima Puddle Duck and Benjamin Bunny were lovely but really my concentration was on the incredibly beautiful illustrations. What
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As a space and astronomy nerd, I have been excitedly following the NASA Mars Perseverance Rover Mission, which has just succeeded now in late February in landing a new exploration vehicle on the surface of the Red Planet. Yesterday, I learned that NASA hid a secret massage in the colored panels of the parachute that
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Caroline LaursenCarolineLaursen.Redbubble.com In 2009 I found myself in need of an extra income on top of my day job in estate agency, and when my then new boyfriend asked if I could design some leaflets to promote his business as a pianist, he recognised that I could be good at making a go of this.
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Like many people living in the Northern Hemisphere, the Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn in late December 2020 was hidden behind a mass of boring cloud. The only view of the event I got to see was a secondhand blurry image made available on Wikipedia by user KSPFanatic102 under a Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0
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Here are some stunning astronomy gift ideas that are perfect for the stargazer, cosmologist, or astronaut in your family … even if that’s yourself!
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This acrylic work was produced late in 2012 just as the Swedish winter started to bite. We were already looking forward to the Spring and its early crocuses, but that was still many months away. Like many winter paintings my palette turns dark as the evenings closes in. In spring my palette lightens considerably and
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