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Title: |
Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomena VIII
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Volume: |
501
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Year: |
2015
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View this Volume on ADS
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Editors: |
Brian P. Abbott
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Synopsis: |
INSPIRATION OF ASTRONOMICAL
PHENOMENA VIII: CITY OF STARS
American Museum of Natural History, New York, United States 7–12 July 2013
For millennia, the night sky has provided continuity to the ancient cultures of our forebears. Although the star-filled night sky has largely disappeared for most of us in this age of electricity, advancements in science and technology have sustained astronomy as a unifying force in our imagination. The Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomena (INSAP) examines how astronomy influences past and present cultures. The conference brought together experts in art, architecture, music, literature, history, and archeology, who investigate the role astronomy plays in their fields of study. INSAP participants approach these topics from a variety of directions. Some are moved to explore the minds of historical artists or scientists. Others are inspired to create original works of art, music, or literature. Still others explore relationships between these topics through science and visualization.INSAP VIII, City of Stars, brought together people who study astronomy's influence on topics as diverse as Shapley and Superman, Petra and Padua, and calendars and cathedrals. This volume demonstrates that astronomy has been, and remains, an important part of our culture, and that it enriches our heritage and experience on earth.
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ISBN: |
978-1-58381-886-2
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eISBN:
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978-1-58381-887-9
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Front Matter |
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Front Matter |
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Brian P. Abbott |
Part I. Art |
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Blinded: Modern Art, Astronomy, and the Lost Sky |
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Wells, G. |
The Solar Eclipse Mural Series by Howard Russell Butler |
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Pasachoff, J. M.; Olson, R. J. M. |
Landscape by Moonlight: Peter Paul Rubens and Astronomy |
21 |
Mendillo, M. |
Stars on the Ceiling |
31 |
Krupp, E. C. |
Edwin Austin Abbey's The Passage of the Hours: Astronomy as History |
43 |
Ricci, P. L. |
Astronomical Dating of Monet's Paintings on the Normandy Coast |
57 |
Olson, D. W. |
The Story Behind Asteroid 14060 Patersonewen |
67 |
Hatch, J. G. |
Edward Burne-Jones' Heavenly Conception: A Biblical Cosmos |
75 |
Cheney, L. D. G. |
Part II. Architecture |
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Homage to Our Hosts: The Rose Center for Earth and Space |
87 |
Miller, N. |
Astronomy, Community, and Modern Calendar Buildings |
97 |
Campion, N. |
Cosmological Symbolism in the Decorative Cycles of Mid-Byzantine Churches |
103 |
Shrimplin, V. |
Part III. Music |
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Inspiration Today: Music, Astronomy, and Popular Culture |
115 |
Fraknoi, A. |
Pleiades Visions |
127 |
Whitehouse, M. |
Part IV. Literature |
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A Starry Diamond in a Veil of Light: Artistic and Literary Suggestions of a Comet |
133 |
Gasperini, A.; Galli, D. |
A Selenological History of Lunar Poetics |
139 |
von Chamier-Waite, C. T. |
Comets in Indian Scriptures |
151 |
Das Gupta, P. |
Part V. History |
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Circulation of Stars |
163 |
Boitani, P. |
The Gresham Professors of Astronomy 1597–2013 |
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Shrimplin, V. |
Of Stars and Harlow Shapley |
187 |
Palmeri, J. |
Oh Glorious Geometry: Eclipses, Transits, and Occultations |
195 |
Sinclair, R. M. |
Eternal Rome: Guardian of the Heavenly Gates |
205 |
Latura, G. |
Part VI. Myths, Deities, and Superheroes |
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Urania, the Muse of Astronomy: She Who Draws Our Eyes |
221 |
Rossi, S. |
A Distant Planet: Finding Superman's Krypton |
227 |
Ricca, B. |
The Gate of Heaven: Revisiting Roman Mithraic Cosmology |
233 |
Assasi, R. |
Part VII. Ancient Civilizations |
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Sun Cities: Thebes, Hattusha, and Petra: A Landscape Story |
249 |
Belmonte, J. A.; González-García, A. C. |
What We Think We Know About Maya Mathematics and Astronomy |
265 |
Van Stone, M. |
Chasing the Shadow of the Sun: The Batammaliba's Binary System of Time |
277 |
Ségla, D. A. |
Part VIII. Astronomical Resources |
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Second Star to the Right and Straight On! |
289 |
Benacchio, L. |
Unheard Voices: Resource Guides for Educators on Diversity and the Astronomy of Many Cultures |
297 |
Fraknoi, A. |
Astronomy on the Walls |
299 |
Santascoy, J. |
Part IX. Contemporary Artists |
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Art, the Urban Skyscraper, and Horizon Astronomy |
305 |
Mooney, J. D. |
A Painter's View of the Cosmos In the Twenty-first Century |
317 |
Cro-Ken, K. |
Art as an Evolutionary Adaptation: Inspiration from the Visible Supernovae of AD 1054 and AD 3054 |
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Corbally, C. J.; Rappaport, M. B. |
Stars on Local Time: A Personal Almanac |
331 |
Gottlieb-Roberts, M. |
Back Matter |
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Author Index |
337 |
Brian P. Abbott |
Back Matter |
338 |
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