About 10 results for ‘Constellation’
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Constellation
In modern astronomy, a constellation is an internationally defined area of the celestial sphere. These areas are grouped around asterisms, patterns formed by prominent stars within apparent proximity to one another on Earth's night sky. There are 88 standard constellations recognized by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) since 1922. The majority of these go back to the 48 constellations defined by Ptolemy in his Almagest (2nd century). The remaining ones were defined in the 17th and 18th century; the most recent ones are found on the southern sky, defined in Coelum australe stelliferum by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille (1763). There are also numerous historical constellations not recognized by the IAU, or constellations recognized in regional traditions of astronomy or astrology, such as Chinese, Hindu or Australian Aboriginal.
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BACCHUS ET ARIANE
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Ariadne
- Bivalvia
- Constellation
- Crown (headgear)
- Putto
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Artist(s):
- Johannes Vermeer
L'ASTROLOGUE, DIT AUSSI L'ASTRONOME
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Astrology
- Book
- Carpet
- Compass (drafting)
- Constellation
- Man
- …
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- Date:
- 17th century
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Bacchus et Ariane
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Ariadne
- Autumn
- Chariot
- Constellation
- Crown (headgear)
- Dog
- …
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- Date:
- 17th century
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- Artist(s):
- Federico Zuccari
Le signe d'Andromède, de la Baleine, du Cheval
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Andromeda (mythology)
- Constellation
- Horse
- Sphere
- Whale
- Woman
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- Date:
- 16th century
- 17th century
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- Artist(s):
- Giovanni Antonio Guardi
Bacchus et Ariane
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Ariadne
- Chariot
- Constellation
- Crown (headgear)
- Leopard
- Putto
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- Date:
- 17th century
- 18th century
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- Artist(s):
- Michel Dorigny
- Simon Vouet
Bacchus couronnant Ariane
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- Portrayed subject:
- Ariadne
- Constellation
- Crown (headgear)
- Naxos
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- Date:
- 17th century
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Le triomphe de Bacchus et d'Ariane
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- Portrayed subject:
- Apotheosis
- Ariadne
- Chariot
- Constellation
- Crown (headgear)
- Folk dance
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- Artist(s):
- François Chauveau
Les Métamorphoses d'Ovide : Couronne d'Ariane transformée...
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- Portrayed subject:
- Ariadne
- Constellation
- Cupid
- Forest
- Leopard
- Table (furniture)
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- Date:
- 17th century
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- Artist(s):
- Guido Reni
Noces de Bacchus et d'Ariane à Naxos
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- Portrayed subject:
- Ariadne
- Constellation
- Crown (headgear)
- Cupid
- Littoral zone
- Naxos
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- Date:
- 18th century
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