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Spectra of the Stars and Nebulae

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Description: Spectra of the Stars and Nebulae

TitleSpectra of the Stars and Nebulae

Creator nameUnknown

Creator nationality/cultureUnknown

Creator roleArtist

Creation dateUnknown

Object typeOther

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LocationJoseph Cornell Study Center, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.

Accession numberUnknown

SubjectsAstronomy--Charts, diagrams, etc.

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Chapter III. Movie Stars

Description: Joseph Cornell and Astronomy: A Case for the Stars

Joseph Cornell and Astronomy: A Case for the Stars

~FOR HIS 1936 Soap Bubble Set, Cornell drew on his interest in science to produce a work with Surrealist overtones for a major exhibition of avant-garde art. The consideration of science—past and present—that lay behind the items in his Elements of Natural Philosophy led to many more science-based works, culminating in a series of box...

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PublisherPrinceton University Press

Copyright© 2009 by Princeton University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.57-88

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Chapter subject tags:Cornell, JosephArt and science--United States--20th centurySurrealism--United StatesExperimental film--20th centuryAstronomy in art

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