Silver Rockets» art nouveau http://silver-rockets.com Celebrating the dreams and realities of spaceflight and the great beyond Wed, 23 May 2012 01:07:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Silver Stars http://silver-rockets.com/2009/09/silver-stars/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=silver-stars http://silver-rockets.com/2009/09/silver-stars/#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:24:50 +0000 Danielle Signor http://silver-rockets.com/?p=1253 Silver Stars

I saw this beautifully framed on Saturday — it’s actually the sheet music for Silver Stars by Carl Bohm. (As I was in an antique store, the pictures I took secretly are of terrible quality; these are from eBay.) Definitely would not mind hanging this art on my office wall!

Silver Stars
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Holdings of The Ohio State University Libraries. No infringement intended.

This delightful Art Nouveau magazine illustration hails from a 1915 edition of Puck Magazine. Sadly this is the only place online I can find the illustration (watermarked, as it is) and I know nothing of the artist, but it’s a fun piece and very in keeping with the aesthetic of the time.

]]> http://silver-rockets.com/2009/01/the-comet/feed/ 0 The Four Stars http://silver-rockets.com/2009/01/the-four-stars/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-four-stars http://silver-rockets.com/2009/01/the-four-stars/#comments Fri, 09 Jan 2009 14:32:30 +0000 Danielle Signor http://silver-rockets.com/?p=536 The Moon, from The Four Stars, 1902 by Alphonse Mucha

These four paintings — The Moon, The Morning Star, The Evening Star and The Pole Star — comprise The Four Stars by Alphonse Mucha, painted in 1902. All feature dramatic light and shade, each maiden alluding to the heavenly body she represents. My favorite is The Moon, but they are best grouped together, for full effect. (I’m a big Mucha fan; I have these four prints up on my wall.)

The Morning Star, from The Four Stars, 1902 by Alphonse Mucha The Evening Star, from The Four Stars, 1902 by Alphonse Mucha The Pole Star, from The Four Stars, 1902 by Alphonse Mucha
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