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The Orrery
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ISBN10: 1917459718
ISBN13: 9781917459716
Publisher: Markosia Enterprises
Published: Jun 16 2025
Pages: 90
Weight: 0.46
Height: 0.24 Width: 6.69 Depth: 9.61
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781917459716
Publisher: Markosia Enterprises
Published: Jun 16 2025
Pages: 90
Weight: 0.46
Height: 0.24 Width: 6.69 Depth: 9.61
Language: English
The Orrery tells a story about a painting by the 18th century artist, Joseph Wright, depicting the mechanical model of the Solar System of that name. With its full title of A Philosopher giving that Lecture on the Orrery in Which a Lamp is in Place of the Sun, it was the most ambitious painting Wright had taken on, but with aid of two children, a fairground side show and a bit of 18th century space travel, he eventually produces a work that has come to be seen as an icon of the Age of Enlightenment.
This is a tale concerned with creativity and imagination, be it for an old master oil painting or a modern-day graphic novel.
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