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The planets and our culture a history and a legacy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2010

Theodore C. Clarke  and
Scott J. Bolton
Theodore C. Clarke
Affiliation:
New Renaissance Productions, Altadena, CA 91001 email: [email protected]
Scott J. Bolton
Affiliation:
Artistic Sciences, Inc., San Antonio, Texas 78257 email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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This manuscript relates the great literature, great art and the vast starry vault of heaven. It relates the myths of gods and heroes for whom the planets and the Medicean moons of Jupiter are named. The myths are illustrated by great art works of the Renaissance, Baroque and Rococo periods which reveal poignant moments in the myths. The manuscript identifies constellations spun off of these myths. In addition to the images of great art are associated images of the moons and planets brought to us by spacecraft in our new age of exploration, the New Renaissance, in which we find ourselves deeply immersed.

Keywords

mythologypaintingsconstellationsplanetsmoonsspace exploration
Type
Poster Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 6 , Symposium S269: Galileo's Medicean Moons: their impact on 400 years of discovery , January 2010 , pp. 199 - 212
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2010

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