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Fuel is mined from Phobos with the help of a nuclear reactor. (Pat Rawlings, 1986) [1] Interior of a Stanford Torus as painted by Don Davis in the 1970s. This list of space artists includes artists who produce art and music about space and spaceflight and/or have artwork in space.
Trouvelot, The great nebula in Orion (1875).. Astronomical art is a genre of space art that focuses on visual representations of outer space.It encompasses various themes, including the space environment as a new frontier for humanity, depictions of alien worlds, representations of extreme phenomena like black holes, and artistic concepts inspired by astronomy.
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John Berkey (August 13, 1932 – April 29, 2008) was an American artist known for his space and science fiction themed works. Some of Berkey's best-known work includes much of the original poster art for the Star Wars trilogy, the poster for the 1976 remake of King Kong and also the "Old Elvis Stamp".
Chesley Knight Bonestell Jr. (January 1, 1888 – June 11, 1986) was an American painter, designer, and illustrator. [2] His paintings inspired the American space program, and they have been (and remain) influential in science fiction art and illustration.
Lucien Rudaux (French: [lysjɛ̃ ʁydo]; 1874–1947) was a French artist and astronomer, who created famous paintings of space themes in the 1920s and 1930s. The Rudaux crater on Mars and the Lucien Rudaux Memorial Award are named in his honor. The asteroid 3574 Rudaux is also named for him. [1]
Illusionistic ceiling painting, which includes the techniques of perspective di sotto in sù and quadratura, is the tradition in Renaissance, Baroque and Rococo art in which trompe-l'œil, perspective tools such as foreshortening, and other spatial effects are used to create the illusion of three-dimensional space on an otherwise two ...
The NASA Fine Art Program was established in 1962. NASA administrator, James Webb, jump-started the program by recommending artists to become involved in the agency. [1] Artists, including Norman Rockwell, Robert Rauschenberg, Malcolm H. Smith and Andy Warhol were commissioned to record the history of space exploration through