A Portfolio of Lunar Drawings

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Название: A Portfolio of Lunar Drawings

Автор: Harold Hill

Издательство : Cambridge University Press

Год: 1991

Формат: pdf

Страниц: 264

ISBN: 0521381134

Размер : 116 Mb

Язык: Английский

Harold Hill's book is a unique collection of drawings published for the first time in this form. The illustrations are supplemented by text often taken from observing notes at the telescope. Astronomical drawing still has an important place alongside photography in the same way that photography has not supplanted the artist in the field of botany and ornithology. Indeed, because of movements in the Earth's atmosphere, astronomical images tend to shimmer even under the best possible conditions; drawings constructed by an artist who takes advantage of the fleeting moments of perfect vision are often more detailed than photographs. No one can fail to be impressed by the beauty and artistry of this work and, for the initiated, the accuracy and attention to detail is remarkable.