astronomical illustrations
March 9th, 2010
I was just searching for images of space in the NYPL’s Digital Gallery and came across these amazing illustrations by Étienne Léopold Trouvelot from the 1880′s. You can buy prints of them from the database, which sounds very tempting.
March 9th, 2010 at 8:50 pm
Wow, those are awesome! I’m trying to get more art on my walls, and I think I’ll have to put up a couple of these.
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March 9th, 2010 at 8:54 pm
oh wow… I want one badly!
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March 9th, 2010 at 9:30 pm
these are amazing! thanks for sharing!!
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March 9th, 2010 at 9:47 pm
i like the mood in all of these. not to mention the perfect color palette
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March 9th, 2010 at 9:59 pm
oooh. these are beautiful. they remind me of work by vija celmins (maybe it’s the other way around, since she’s more…contemporary?). you should do a quick search for her work- it’s mostly graphite on paper and simply gorgeous.
cheers,
mindi
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March 9th, 2010 at 10:46 pm
Wow, those are awesome! Really, really gorgeous. Thanks for sharing!
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March 9th, 2010 at 11:10 pm
I love these pictures!!!
Lovely blog xox
http://hopechella.blogspot.com/
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March 9th, 2010 at 11:39 pm
wow, these are amazing!
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March 10th, 2010 at 12:14 am
I really adore these.
They remind me of the original “the day the earth stood still”.
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March 10th, 2010 at 2:42 am
I love his work – I didn’t know you could find it at the NYPL Digital Gallery.
(And I second the recommendation for Vija Celmins – she is one of my favorite artists. I would commit a minor crime to have one of her pieces.)
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March 10th, 2010 at 4:02 am
Holy moly these are awesome.
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March 10th, 2010 at 5:53 am
wonderful find!
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March 10th, 2010 at 10:53 am
instant love. thank you. x
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March 10th, 2010 at 2:07 pm
i absolutely love these. must have these and those geode soaps!
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March 10th, 2010 at 2:52 pm
gasp.
thank you.
<3
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March 10th, 2010 at 3:25 pm
Wow! That Zodical Light one = total magic!
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March 10th, 2010 at 3:51 pm
These are so beautiful! I love the colors, thanks for the morning inspiration! It woke me up a little ;)
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March 10th, 2010 at 4:39 pm
Sweet find! I so need some of these!
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March 10th, 2010 at 6:11 pm
You have an amazing blog, congratulations!
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March 10th, 2010 at 8:39 pm
Incredible. I was lucky enough to see the aurora borealis last summer. It looked almost as cool as Étienne’s interpretation. These are really inspiring and original.
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March 11th, 2010 at 8:15 am
ok. 1. these are really, really cool. and 2. this nypl digital gallery is awesome.
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March 11th, 2010 at 7:05 pm
These illustrations are excellent. Thanks for sharing this.
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March 12th, 2010 at 2:38 pm
flower mash, you’re TOTALLY right!!
i couldn’t put my finger on it, but it does remind me of the day the earth stood still. i will for SURE be ordering prints of these.
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March 13th, 2010 at 7:39 am
ohhh, that zodiacal light is flashing…!
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March 13th, 2010 at 3:05 pm
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March 13th, 2010 at 3:19 pm
I could stare at the last piece for hours.
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March 18th, 2010 at 2:46 pm
Magical! Love them.
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