Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Copernicus

The Polish history painter Jan Matejko (1838-1893) shows here his famous compatriot Nicolaus Copernicus in a conversation with God. Copernicus and his tools are illuminated by the divine light from above.

Astronomer Copernicus: Conversation with God (1872)

3 comments:

  1. You have a very interesting blog, congratulations.

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  2. I like very much your blog, it's a great idea show us the history by paintings. Congratulations for your interesting work!!

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  3. Thanks Málaga. I think you have a great tradition in history painting in Spain. Great artists like Muñoz Degrain or Moreno Carbonero.

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