Fire and ice: A history of comets in art

Roberta Olson

ISBN 10: 0802708552 / ISBN 13: 9780802708557

Published by Published for the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution by Walker and Co, 1985

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hardcover, fine, fine DJ, inscribed by author, mostly clean, unmarked pages, good covers,

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fire and ice: A history of comets in art
• Publisher: Published for the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution by Walker and Co
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802708552
• ISBN 13: 9780802708557
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

Book by Roberta Olson

Reviews

YA The return of Halley's comet has inspired this view of comets through a variety of artistic interpretations from primitive woodcuts to 20th-Century pop art. The title refers to the blazing tail known from earliest times and the "dirty snowball" theory deduced by modern scientists. Excellent reproductions present such master artists as Raphael, Giotto, Blake and Miro, the anonymous Bayeux tapestry embroideries and the satirists Rowlandson and Hogarth. The words of scientists, poets and other literary artists add depth to the "comet art," while tracing the scientific and historical development of Halley's comet. Fire and Ice accompanies the major exhibit of the same name at the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution and is a handsome addition to material on Halley's comet. Mary T. Gerrity, Queen Anne School, Upper Marlboro, Md.
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