Conference 7.286::space

The only source (Watch the flames on this "only" :-0 ) I view as somewhat 
creditable has been Omni Mag's frequent articles on the subject.  The art on 
most occasions matches the story and may be considered to be "Well done".

On the other hand, jackets for fictional prose books are designed for grab 
appeal and often are marginally related to the book.  Ever wonder why so many
book covers are red or black with white letters.  These are known eye catchers 
and therefore generate "grab appeal".  Grab appeal is key to selling new or
unknown authors as these covers are intended to promote brousing and prehaps 
purchase.

Lastly, some years ago I did a study on the solar system and found most works
done after 1975 contained quite a few color illustrations.  Perhaps some
time at a larger city library will benefit your purpose.  

Good luck...Les

Article: 39001
From: [email protected] (Bill Higgins-- Beam Jockey)
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: Space Art: Upcoming exhibits
Date: 7 Jan 92 21:29:00 GMT
Sender: [email protected]
Organization: The Internet
 
Wandering around the public library (public libraries are among the
most wonderful features in God's Universe), I stumbled across a
magazine with a painting of a planet on the cover.  Hmm, *U.S.Art*,
not one I usually scan.  Inside on page 33 of the January/February
1992 issue was "The Final Frontier-- Fact or Fiction?," a look at
space art by Susan Gaines, a Minneapolis freelancer.
 
The article contained an interesting sidebar on forthcoming space art
exhibits.  I excerpt it below.
 
===================================
 
Art in the International Space Year
 
....Although no single agency runs ISY, the U.S. International Space Year
Association in Washington, D.C. ((202)863-1734) acts as an information
clearing house for the many international, national, and grassroots
projects celebrating 35 years of space exploration.
 
The following related exhibitions have been scheduled to run
throughout the year:
 
ART OF THE COSMOS, organized by the International Association for the
Astronomical Arts.  This traveling exhibition of 61 paintings by 38
artists includes Frank Lurz.  The exhibit will begin at Hayden
Planetarium of the American Museum in New York, running through
August; it will then travel through 1994.  For more information, call
Beth Avary, (415)851-3125.  [I should be very surprised if this did
not contain paintings by Kim Poor and Ron Miller, both movers and
shakers of the IAAA.  You should look at the recent IAAA book, too.  I
think it's titled *In the Stream of Stars*.  WSH]
 
BLUEPRINT FOR SPACE: SCIENCE FICTION TO SCIENCE FACT, underwritten by
IBM and organized by the U.S. Space and Rocket Center.  The show,
which includes historic pieces of space art, travels in January to the
IBM Gallery in New York; in October, it moves to the National Air and
Space Museum in Washington, D.C.  For more information, call
(212)745-6100.  [This is the one that Fred Ordway helped put together,
and a book of the same title is being published to accompany the
exhibit. It has a "yesterday's tomorrows" focus, and I believe it will
include some of the *Collier's* artwork from 1953. WSH]
 
THE SPACE ART OF ROBERT T. MCCALL... A VISION FOR THE FUTURE, in
cooperation with the Society of Illustrators.  The show, which
includes approximately 75 of McCall's works, will be held at the
Society's headquarters in New York from Dec. 15, 1992, through
November 1993.  For more information, call Phyllis Harvey at the
Society; (212)838-2560.  [McCall has done almost all the U.S. space
postage stamps, and lots of NASA artwork, but is perhaps best known
for the *2001* poster of Pan Am's shuttle blasting out of the space
station hangar.  He is also coming out with a new book soon.  WSH]
 
SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY, Invitational for Society of Illustrators
members.  The show will include about 100 paintings and will run at
the society's headquarters May 20-June 19, 1992.
 
[The sidebar concludes with a couple paragraphs about Yet Another
Goofy Sculpture-In-Orbit Proposal, this one by James Pridgeon of
Seattle.]
==========================
 
Sounds like the Big Apple will be particularly hot for space art this
year.  If you get to see any of these exhibitions, I'm sure the Net
would appreciate a review.
 
Favorite carol in Higgins household    Bill Higgins
   during Christmas holidays:          Fermi National Accelerator
Gloooooooooooooooria                   Laboratory
In excelsis Deo                        Bitnet:      [email protected]
Deo                                    SPAN/Hepnet:      43011::HIGGINS
Daylight come and me wanna go home...  Internet:  [email protected]

Article: 21227
From: [email protected] (Bill Higgins-- Beam Jockey)
Newsgroups: sci.astro,sci.space
Subject: Re: Vintage Space Art
Date: 25 Mar 92 17:09:47 GMT
Sender: [email protected]
Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
 
In article <[email protected]>, 
[email protected] (Andres C. Gaeris) writes:

> 	I would like to know how to obtain (in the cheapest way possible) good
> quality copies of artistic renderings and pictures of astronautical hardware.
 
Start with *In the Stream of Stars*; I believe William Hartmann is an
editor along with others.  Eighteen bucks for a superb collection of
modern space art, with a small amount of vintage stuff. 
 
David Hardy has a good recent (like about 1989) book on space art. I
think the title is *Visions of Space*.
 
Fred Ordway just published a new book on this subject; I think the
title is *Blueprint for Space*. It is connected with his work on an
exhibit now at the IBM museum in New York City; I'll steal a
description of it from a previous posting of mine, a quote from the
Jan/Feb 1992 issue of *U.S. Art*:
 
====================
BLUEPRINT FOR SPACE: SCIENCE FICTION TO SCIENCE FACT, underwritten by
IBM and organized by the U.S. Space and Rocket Center.  The show,
which includes historic pieces of space art, travels in January to the
IBM Gallery in New York; in October, it moves to the National Air and
Space Museum in Washington, D.C.  For more information, call
(212)745-6100.  [This is the one that Fred Ordway helped put together,
and a book of the same title is being published to accompany the
exhibit. It has a "yesterday's tomorrows" focus, and I believe it will
include some of the *Collier's* artwork from 1953. WSH]
==================
 
Andres, I'll mail you a copy of the entire posting.  If you can get
from Rochester to New York before the exhibit closes, you really
should.  Have any other Net readers seen it?  What's it like?
 
Ordway also did a book about 1982 for Stablaze/Donning (and I think
they're nearly out of business) on Chesley Bonestell.  
 
You can get a 40-slide sets of Bonestell's paintings, with a cassette
tape narration, for $13.95 from Holiday Films.
 
Finley Holiday Film Corporation 
12607 East Philadelphia Street  
Whittier, California 90601      
(213)945-3325                   
(800)FILMS-07                   
 
They also have a set of Don Davis's paintings.
 
Artist Ron Miller (*Out of the Cradle*, *The Grand Tour*, *Space Art*)
is also finishing a book for Orbit Books in Melbourne, Florida dealing
with the history of images of spaceflight.
 
I learned this from Mary Roberts, an editor at Orbit Books.  You might
contact her to learn more (like, when is it coming out?) at:
 
Krieger Publishing Co.
P.O. Box 9542
Melbourne, FL. 32902-9542
USA
(407)724-9542
 
     O~~*           /_) ' / /   /_/ '  ,   ,  ' ,_  _           \|/
   - ~ -~~~~~~~~~~~/_) / / /   / / / (_) (_) / / / _\~~~~~~~~~~~zap!
 /       \                          (_) (_)                    / | \
 |       |     Bill Higgins   Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
 \       /     Bitnet:     [email protected]
   -   -       Internet:  [email protected]
     ~         SPAN/Hepnet:      43011::HIGGINS 

Article: 21230
From: [email protected] (RICHARD F. JONES)
Newsgroups: sci.astro
Subject: Space art ordering/catalogue
Date: 25 Mar 92 18:38:00 GMT
Sender: [email protected]
Organization: Sunquest Information Systems, Tucson AZ
 
GREETINGS!!
 
For those who would like to order/see a selection of space art from 
over 2 dozen space artists, send $3.00 US funds for a 2 year 
subscription of catalogues to:
 
    NovaGraphics
    P.O. Box 37197
    Tucson, Az.  85740
 
This was started by space artist Kim Poor and has grown to a nation 
wide mail ordering house strictly for space artists and their work.
 
I personally have several of Kim's prints and can attest to his 
quality of work.  His "Morning Launch" is fantastic.  Besides, he's a 
nice guy, too!!!
 
Thanks...
 
Richard Jones     [email protected]  -  internet

Article: 21237
From: [email protected] (Andy Michael USGS Guest)
Newsgroups: sci.astro,sci.space
Subject: Re: Vintage Space Art
Date: 25 Mar 92 22:33:20 GMT
Sender: [email protected] (News Service)
Organization: Stanford Univ. Earth Sciences
 
In article <[email protected]>
[email protected] (Ed McCreary) writes: 

>In article <[email protected]>
>[email protected] (Andres C. Gaeris) writes: 
>>	I would like to know how to obtain (in the cheapest way possible) good
>>quality copies of artistic renderings and pictures of astronautical hardware.
>
>Find out if there is a government bookstore in your town.  At the one here in
>Houston, you can get very nice prints made from paintings that NASA has
>had commissioned over the years.  You can get a set of 10 or so for only
>$10.  Most of them are very good and printed on good quality stock.
 
Seconded.  The one in San Francisco (at the Federal Building near the
Civic Center, you know the one surrounded by protesters :-) ) has them
too along with all sorts of other interesting astronomical and space
books at cheap prices.  My favorite purchase lately was a photographic
atlas comparing the sizes of various objects within the solar system
to each other and to things on Earth.  Not the flashiest publication
but great for getting and idea about how big various craters, moons,
the Red Spot, really are.  Lots of good stuff on other topics too.
Almost as much fun as a used book store.  If SF is typical look for
them where there is a Federal Court or try the Yellow Pages.
 
Andy

Article: 21238
From: [email protected] (Greg Elder)
Newsgroups: sci.astro
Subject: Re: Space art ordering/catalogue
Date: 25 Mar 92 22:35:47 GMT
Sender: [email protected] (USENET News System)
Organization: Arizona State University, Tempe AZ
 
I'd like to second what Richard said.  I have a couple of Kim Poor's
prints as well, and they are really breath-taking.  For those of you
in the Phoenix, AZ area, Kim will be at the Old Town Tempe Arts and
Crafts Festival on March 27-28-29 1992.  Those on his mailing list
will get 10% off on any purchase at the fair.  I don't work for Kim. 
I'm just a satisfied customer. 
 
--
  Greg Elder               | "Artificial intelligence?!!!  I'd rather
  Dept of Computer Science | have real intelligence." 
  Arizona State University |                      -- Ann Elder
  [email protected] |  

Article: 42311
From: [email protected] (Tanya Sienko)
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: Re: Ways to spend money (#2, art)
Date: 30 Mar 92 06:55:26 GMT
Sender: [email protected] (News)
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
 
As Josh Hopkins mentions, Kim Poor's company, Novagraphics, has a
fantastic catalog of space art.  Highly recommended.  Kim also
sometimes exhibits his work at space conferences, so keep an eye open
for that.  For you space art fans out there, here are a couple of
other sources which, while nowhere near as large an operation as
Novagraphics, may be worth looking into: 
 
     Burmann Art Productions
     6715 East Clinton St.
     Scottsdale, AZ  85254
     (602) 483-1530
 
          Carries limited-edition prints of space artist Kurt Burmann.  Their
          current brochure only shows three of Kurt's pieces (I love
          "Reflections of Future Past"), but Kurt is about to release some
          new work.
 
     Dave Archer Studios
     P.O. Box 150180
     San Rafael, CA  94915
     1-800-457-2196
 
          Carries several limited-edition prints, original paintings on
          glass, and a least one poster.  Mr. Archer's "gimmick" is using a
          million volt Van de Graff generator probe to splat the paint into
          wispy nebulae and such as part of each composition.  Some of his
          paintings are visible on the Star Trek, the NeXT Generation shows
          decorating the walls of the Enterprise sets.
 
Anyone know of any other good space art catalogs/brochures out there?
 
I'm not connected with any of these organizations, except as a satisfied
customer.

    Re. David Hardy's book "Visions Of Space"
    
    I lucked out, finding a copy of this book for $10 at a salvage store.
    It is really nice!
    
    One of the overleaf paintings is titled (guess?) "How It Should Have
    Been" and shows a lunar module landed on the moon - but instead of the
    flat plains or gently rounded hills we know them to be, the landscape
    is filled with sharp, craggy highlands - the way the moon was often
    pictured by the late Chesley Bonestell.  The picture is, of course,
    meant as a parting tribute to CB......
    
    There good stuff in this book for everyone - though, oddly enough, they
    neglected to include a picture of any work by Astronaut-turned-Artist
    Al Bean ..... :(
    
    							--Eric--

Article: 61712
From: [email protected] (Bill Higgins-- Beam Jockey)
Newsgroups: sci.space,rec.arts.books,rec.arts.sf.written
Subject: The Dream Machines: book on vaporware spacecraft
Date: 28 Apr 93 10:56:59 -0600
Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
 
Ron Miller is a space artist with a long and distinguished career.
I've admired both his paintings (remember the USPS Solar System
Exploration Stamps last year?) and his writings on the history of
spaceflight.  For several years he's been working on a *big* project
which is almost ready to hit the streets.  A brochure from his
publisher has landed in my mailbox, and I thought it was cool enough
to type in part of it (it's rather long).  Especially given the Net's
strong interest in vaporware spacecraft... 
 
                 ==================================
 
                         The Dream Machines:
An Illustrated History of the Spaceship in Art, Science, and Literature
 
                            By Ron Miller
                  with Foreword by Arthur C. Clarke
 
Krieger Publishing Company
Melbourne, Florida, USA
Orig. Ed. 1993
Pre-publication $84.50
ISBN 0-89464-039-9
 
This text is a history of the spaceship as both a cultural and a
technological phenomenon.  The idea of a vehicle for traversing the
space betwen worlds did not spring full-blown into existence in the
tlatter half of theis century.  The need preceded the ability ot make
such a device by several hundred years.  As soon as it was realized
that there were other worlds than this one, human beings wanted to
reach them.   
 
Tracing the history of the many imaginative, and often prescient,
attempts to solve this problem also reflects the history of
technology, science, astronomy, and engineering.  Once space travel
became feasible, there were many more spacecraft concepts developed
than ever got off the drawing board-- or off the ground, for that
matter.  These also are described in theis book, for the same reason
as the pre-space-age and pre-flight ideas are:  they are all accurate
reflections of their particular era's dreams, abilities, and
knowledge.  Virtually every spaceship concept invented since 1500, as
well as selected events important in developing the idea of
extraterrestrial travel, is listed chronologically.  The chronological
entries allow comparisons between actual astronautical events and
speculative ventures.  They also allow comparisons between
simultaneous events taking place in different countries.  They reveal
connections, influences, and evolutions hitherto unsuspected.  Every
entry is accompanied by at least one illustration.  Nearly every
spacecraft concept is illustrated with a schematic drawing.  This
allows accurate comparisons to be made between designss, to visualize
differences, similarities, and influences.
 
This text will be of interest to students of astronautical history,
and also to model builders who would be interested in the schematic
diagrams.   Science fiction fans as well as aviation history buffs and
historians of science will also find this book to be fascinating.  The
unique collection of illustrations makes it a visually attractive and
very interesting history of the spaceship.
 
SPECIAL FEATURES
 
Includes scale drawings of several hundred spacecraft, both real and
fictional
 
Contains scores of illustrations: artwork, drawings, and photos
contemporary with the subject.  This includes extremely rare
illustrations from scarce books and novels, exclusive photos and
drawings fromSoviet spacecraft; rare stills from both famous and
obscure science fiction films, and unpublished photographs from NASA
archives
 
An index, bibliography, and appendices are included.
 
CONTENTS
 
Part I  The Archaeology of the Spaceship (360 B.C. to 1783 A.D.)
Part II The invention of the Spaceship (1784-1899)
Part III The Experimenters (1900-1938)
Part IV The World War (1939-1945)
Part V  The Golden Age of the Spaceship (1946-1960)
Part VI The Dawn of the Space Age (1961 to the present)
 
ABOUT RON MILLER
 
[The brochure has a page of stuff here; I'll try to hit the high spots.]
 
Former art director for Albert Einstein Planetarium  at Smithsonian's
National Air and Space Museum
 
Member of International Association for Astronomical Arts, member of
International Astronautical Association, Fellow of the British
Interplanetary Society,  consulting editor for *Air & Space
Smithsonian* magazine
 
Author, co-author, editor, or sole illustrator on many books since
1979, including *Space Art*, *Cycles of Fire*, *The Grand Tour*, and
many others, as well as many articles and papers
 
Book jackets and interior art for over a dozen publishers 
 
Contributor to IBM traveling exhibition and book *Blueprint for Space*
 
Production illustrator for movies *Dune* and *Total Recall*
 
Designer of ten-stamp set of commemorative space postage stamps for
U.S. Postal Service in 1991 (Solar System Exploration)
 
ORDERING INFORMATION
 
Pre-publication price $84.50 before 1 May 1993
Afterwards, price will be $112.50
 
Krieger Publishing Company
PO Box 9542
Melbourne, FL 32902-9542
USA

Direct order line (407)727-7270
Fax (407)951-3671
 
Add $5.00 for shipping by UPS within USA for first book, $1.50 for each
additional book.  
 
For foreign orders, add $6.00 for first book, $2.00 for each
additional.  Additional charges for airmail shipments.
 
     O~~*         /_) ' / /   /_/ '  ,   ,  ' ,_  _           \|/
   - ~ -~~~~~~~~~/_) / / /   / / / (_) (_) / / / _\~~~~~~~~~~~zap!
 /       \                        (_) (_)                    / | \
 |       |   Bill Higgins   Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
 \       /   Bitnet:                          [email protected]
   -   -     Internet:                      [email protected]
     ~       SPAN/Hepnet/Physnet:                  43011::HIGGINS

Article: 67976
From: [email protected] (John Humm)
Newsgroups: sci.astro
Subject: Announcement: Chesley Bonestell Art Gallery on www
Date: 11 Aug 1994 19:06:24 -0500
Organization: Security APL, Inc.
 
Chesley Bonestell is recongnized by those in the field of astronomical
art for his "illustrations of manned visits to planets at a time when the
subject was only the dream of a few enthusiastis.  You can enjoy this today
on the www of Security APL   http://www.secapl.com/bonestell/Top.html
 
Enjoy:  Address all comments back to [email protected]