Archive for category Art & Architecture
The Space Art of Jeff Ward
Posted by Danielle in Art & Architecture on August 24, 2010
I’m always keen to find new space artists to feature here, and today’s discovery is the talented Jeff Ward. His work spans science fiction, fantasy and space/astronomical, and it’s all definitely worth a look!
I think this one here is my favorite ↓
If You Were There
Posted by Danielle in Art & Architecture on July 30, 2010
I have a soft spot for conceptual space art — trying to capture what this probe or that lander will see, when it gets there. Since we can’t tag along with every robotic explorer, it’s up to the artist to imagine what we’d see. What a wonderful occupation! In this case, we’re shadowing the Stardust probe:
On Jan. 2, 2004 NASA’s Stardust spacecraft made a close flyby of comet Wild 2 (pronounced “Vilt-2″). Among the equipment the spacecraft carried on board was a navigation camera.that Comet Wild 2 is about 3.1 miles in diameter.
This artist’s concept depicts a view of Wild 2 that shows the faint jets emanating from the comet.
Labyrinth
Posted by Danielle in Art & Architecture on July 29, 2010
As I frequently apologize for mention, I try not to overwhelm this blog with my fandom of choice, but some things are too beautiful to let them pass me by. (Via DBSW.)
Antique Meteors
Posted by Danielle in Art & Architecture, Books & Literature on July 23, 2010

The Meteor of 1860 by Frederic Church. Courtesy: Judith Filenbaum Hernstadt (painting photographed by Gerald L. Carr)
Yesterday’s APOD featured a painting and poem that documented a fireball event in 1860. The Meteor of 1860 by Frederic Church is a beautiful work of art, and dovetails nicely with this snippet of Walt Whitman’s Year of Meteors:
…the strange huge meteor procession, dazzling and clear, shooting over our heads,
(A moment, a moment long, it sail’d its balls of unearthly light over our heads,
Then departed, dropt in the night, and was gone;)
Here’s the story of how these two works were connected to the cosmic phenomenon, and eachother:
Frederic Church (1826-1900), American landscape painter of the Hudson River School, painted what he saw in nature. And on July 20th, 1860, he saw a spectacular string of fireball meteors cross the Catskill evening sky, an extremely rare Earth-grazing meteor procession. From New York City, poet Walt Whitman (1819-1892) also wrote of the “… strange huge meteor procession, dazzling and clear, shooting over our heads” in his poem Year of Meteors (1859-60). But the inspiration for Whitman’s words was forgotten. His astronomical reference became a mystery, the subject of scholarly debate until Texas State University physicists Donald Olson and Russell Doescher, English professor Marilynn Olson, and Honors Program student Ava Pope, located reports documenting the date and timing of the spectacular meteor procession. The breakthrough was spotting the connection with Church’s relatively little-known painting. Fittingly, the forensic astronomy team’s work was just published, on the 150th anniversary of the cosmic event that inspired both poet and painter.
Japanese Sci-Fi, Part 2
Posted by Danielle in Art & Architecture on July 9, 2010
One more futuristic illustration by Shigeru Komatsuzaki, seeing as it’s a Moon train. I want to ride a Moon train..!!
On the Beach
Posted by Danielle in Art & Architecture on July 6, 2010
One of my very first posts here was a blank greeting card I found in Portland, Astronaut Cafe by Hunter Freeman. Turns out there’s more in the series! Maybe this is an astronaut vacation, maybe he lost his car keys… hard to tell.
Japanese Sci-Fi Illustrations
Posted by Danielle in Art & Architecture on July 5, 2010
These fantastic illustrations by Shigeru Komatsuzaki are a treat for the eyes! There’s many, many more at the aforementioned link.
Alpha Sector
Posted by Danielle in Art & Architecture on June 15, 2010
Gorgeous piece of space art. That is all. (Found via CoolVibe.)
Porcelain
Posted by Danielle in Art & Architecture on May 25, 2010
I couldn’t resist one more space art piece, especially since it’s named (and seemingly inspired?) by my favorite Moby song, Porcelain.
Age of Discovery
Posted by Danielle in Art & Architecture, Computer & Internet on May 21, 2010
Had to post more space art, because this one is a wallpaper, and aren’t you just falling over yourself, running to download it? Because I know I was! Beautiful, Hubble-like softness — I love it.













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