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Exploration, Science & Transportation Portrayed in Art

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Art of The Print: Exploration, Science & Transportation Portrayed in Art Index: This page contains a listing of original works of art created by international artists, with a focus on art depicting exploration scientific instruments, and various means of transportation throughout the centuries. Our Gallery, Art of the Print / www.artoftheprint.com offers a wide selection of international fine art. We sell original paintings, watercolors, drawings, monotypes, engravings, etchings, lithographs and other mediums of original graphic art. These works of art date from the Renaissance period to the contemporary art period. We guarantee the authenticity of every work of art 100%. Full documentation and certification is provided.

Activities associated with, exploration, science and transportation have always played a major role for artists and collectors alike. A few of the painters, illustrators, watercolour artists and or original printmakers from the sixteenth century to the late twentieth century dealing with these subjects must be mentioned here.

Exploration Portrayed in Art Index: Our first category contains a listing of original works of art concentrating upon depictions of explores and exploratory artists from the past to the present. A few fine examples are the 'The Pacific Railroad Surveys', which left extensive records of the American West. Some of these expeditions were accompanied by both topographical artists and naturalists who provided valuable information for such institutions as the Smithsonian. The following example is William Miller's engraving entitled, "The Last Ray of The Sun" published in 1849, only three years after Sir John Franklin's final attempt to discover the Northwest. Now on a more contemporary note, the following portfolio deals with space exploration. "Luna 1969" was published in Florence in March of 1970. The entire portfolio consisted of fourteen original lithographs depicting one of man's most famous missions into space. Luciano Guarnieri was invited by NASA to meet and work with the astronauts Conrad, Gordon and Bean at the Space Center, Houston. He subsequently attended the launching of Apollo XII at Cape Kennedy and artistically delineated everything surrounding one of the most historic landings on the Moon.

Science & Technology Portrayed in Art Index: One of the most exhaustive and comprehensive early publications in this field is Diderot's "Encyclopedie". It was published in fourteen large volumes between 1751 and 1765. Containing many articles with large, illustrative engravings, it was the first work to systematically describe and depict the many processes and accomplishments of late eighteenth century life, such as Benoit Louis Prevost, engravings depicting diagrams of the machines used for pin making and the tools used for fine stone engraving. The Following publication also containing original engravings is the first American 'Encyclopaedia' Published by Thomas Dobson. It was one of the first American illustrated sets of volumes of its kind. The engraved plates dealt mainly with science, natural history and the useful arts of the day. Among other factors, these are very valuable engravings because the names of the artists appearing on most of these plates take us back to the incunabula of original American printmaking. There are also other more artistic portrayals in this selection, such as James David Smillie's depiction of the sundial and Luciano Guarnieri original lithograph entitled, 'Apollo XII/Saturn V in the Vehicle Assembly Building'.

Transportation Portrayed in Art Index: The history of ships and trains, especially used as an essential means of transportation has fallen farther and farther into the past and these works of art serve as a reminder of their historical importance and the role they played upon exploration, the economy and progress. Without many of these artistic portrayals, much would be lost. This category contains 19th and 20th century depictions of trains, wagons, ships, boats, airplanes, cars, bicycles, lunar modules, space ships, and many other delightful and interesting vehicles associated with mankind's interest in travel and transportation. Artists, such as, William Miller, Allen Gaines Luciano Guarnieri, James Torlakson, Raphael Tuck and Sons, Seymour Leichman, Achermann, and Michael Jed Robbins have all created works of art dealing with the subject under discussion and all surely deserve to be recognized as major artists in this field.

We provide search links to different Categories ranging from old master engravings and original fine art to speciality collecting such as animals, botanicals, genre, maps, military art, posters and advertising, satirical art, sports and many other interests. You can also link to pages focused on the century you prefer or by the artists' nationalities.

The Exploration, Science & Transportation Portrayed in Art index is set up by category and in alphabetical order by the artist's last name. We believe it contains most of the speciality art concerning these subjects in our website with links to a full description of each item and images when available. If you can't find what you are looking for here, please browse the image gallery or you can go to the animal, military, satirical or other pages set up for your convenience. You just might find something we have not included here.

Art of the Print / www.artoftheprint.com sells international fine art. Our collection consists of original paintings, watercolors, drawings, and prints, such as etchings, line engravings, lithographs, aquatints, mezzotints, woodcuts, wood engravings, silk-screens, monoprints, monotypes and other mediums of original art. All of these works of art have been created by prominent and established artists, (painters, illustrators, and printmakers). Their nationalities vary from American to British, Canadian, Czechoslovakian, Dutch, Flemish, French, German, Italian, Mexican, Austrian, Belgium, Israeli, Danish, and Japanese, as well as artists from other countries. The collected works span from the early Renaissance period to the modern and contemporary art period. You can find categories ranging from original fine art to speciality collecting such as animal art, botanical art, genre, portraits, maps, military art, lithographic posters and advertising art, satirical art, sports art and many other areas of interest.

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