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Art and astronomy: my personal experience

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2011

Guellen
Guellen*
Affiliation:
17, Rue de Pen Carn, 29500 Ergué-Gabéric, France email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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Astronomy and Art, two worlds seemingly opposite. One scientific and rigorous, the other perceived as light and whimsical. But if these two worlds were united? If art gave itself to the service of science? If fantasy became a playful pretext to transmit knowledge to young children? I recount here my experience, that of a meeting, and of an adventure. How and why an astronomy book for the very young emerged from the collaboration between a painter and an astronomer of the Observatory of Paris.

Keywords

artpaintings
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 5 , Symposium S260: The Role of Astronomy in Society and Culture , January 2009 , pp. 286 - 290
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2011

References

Guellen, & Taris, F. 2011, La terre à distance (Forcalquier: Le Sablier Editions)Google Scholar