Astronomy in the Arts Midterm #2

Question 1

What was Tycho Brahe’s solar system like?

Answer 1

Earth in the center, moon revolved around it.
Sun also revolved around the sun, carrying the rest of the planets
Fixed stars at the edge

Question 2

What’s the first step to read a painting?

Answer 2

1. Identify the figures and objects in the picture

Question 3

What’s the second step to read a painting?

Answer 3

Identify the symbolic meanings behind each object and figure.

Question 4

What’s the third step to read a painting?

Answer 4

Combine the separate symbolic meanings together into a coherent statement.

Question 5

Thomas Wright

Answer 5

“The Orbit of the Comets”

Question 6

Leonardo di Vinci

Answer 6

Drawings of the western half of the moon and astronomical notes

Question 7

Galileo

Answer 7

Watercolors of the moon

Question 8

Friend of Galileo, added the Galilean moon to the Virgin of the Immaculate Conception

Answer 8

Ludovico Cigoli

Question 9

Woman Weighing Gold; The Astronomer; The Geographer

Answer 9

Jan Vermeer

Question 10

Renaissance

Answer 10

Focused on realistic

Question 11

Baroque

Answer 11

Dramatic; tension; exaggerated; power