Astronomical art is a good indicator of the relationship between the poetic and scientific worlds. 

This presentation, “Astronomy and the Visual Arts,” is part of the Monday Members’ Art Talk series from the University of Arizona Museum of Art. Richard Poss will examine a series of works ranging from medieval manuscript illustrations to contemporary space art – all of which deal with aspects of astronomy. We will see how art can critique astronomical theories and comment on the condition of science.

Poss is an associate professor in astronomy at the University of Arizona. He teaches about the history of astronomy as well as astronomy and the arts and is a frequent instructor in the University’s Humanities Seminars program.

Richard Poss, associate professor for the Department of Astronomy, University of Arizona

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