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icebiker76
10-26-08, 04:43 PM
I've seen this image in different astronomy books. i reeeaaalllyyy would like to find this image in poster size for a classroom. Does it have a name or artist?

Thank Y'all Foo masters of the obscure.

AllenG
10-26-08, 04:47 PM
You may be able to find a definitive answer at http://cloudynights.com
keithm0
10-26-08, 05:12 PM
I think it's called Heaven and Earth. Here's a source for a poster:
http://www.allposters.com/gallery.asp?startat=/getposter.asp&APNum=1872052&CID=81E04487DC6F47D1A6D9989BDC0218DA&PPID=1&search=6644&f=c&FindID=6644&P=17&PP=60&sortby=PD&cname=Astronomy&SearchID=

ms.gio
10-26-08, 05:18 PM
Oo thats a nice poster. :)
jsharr
10-26-08, 05:21 PM
It was created by Bob Aulicino as the cover of a book by Daniel Boorstin

http://www.aulicinodesign.com/history_2.html
Alfster
10-26-08, 05:24 PM
I think it's called Heaven and Earth. Here's a source for a poster:
http://www.allposters.com/gallery.asp?startat=/getposter.asp&APNum=1872052&CID=81E04487DC6F47D1A6D9989BDC0218DA&PPID=1&search=6644&f=c&FindID=6644&P=17&PP=60&sortby=PD&cname=Astronomy&SearchID=

From your link, if you click on the poster link it shows the title as "Medieval Missionary Finds a Place Where the Earth Touches Heaven".
keithm0
10-26-08, 05:28 PM
From your link, if you click on the poster link it shows the title as "Medieval Missionary Finds a Place Where the Earth Touches Heaven".

Yes, and I found other sites that refer to it as "Heaven and Earth".
keithm0
10-26-08, 05:33 PM
It was created by Bob Aulicino as the cover of a book by Daniel Boorstin

http://www.aulicinodesign.com/history_2.html

I think he just created the book cover design. The painting itself is allegedly quite old.
apricissimus
10-26-08, 05:53 PM
It is usually called the Flammarion Woodcut (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flammarion_woodcut).


The Flammarion woodcut is an anonymous wood engraving (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_engraving) (once thought to be a woodcut (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodcut)), so named because its first documented appearance is in Camille Flammarion (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camille_Flammarion)'s 1888 book L'atmosphère: météorologie populaire ("The Atmosphere: Popular Meteorology (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteorology)").[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flammarion_woodcut#cite_note-0)
KrisPistofferson
10-26-08, 05:57 PM
The Boorstin book is equally rad.
Alfster
10-26-08, 05:57 PM
It is usually called the Flammarion Woodcut (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flammarion_woodcut).

A woodcarving eh? Well done!
icebiker76
10-27-08, 08:12 AM
Thanks!