Tribute to Galileo's Moon 6
Tribute to Galileo's Moon 6
18x24 cm
watercolor on modern and ancient paper
2019
(28,5x36x2 cm frame included)
Davide Ragazzi, Tribute to Galileo's Moon 6, 2019
The work of art is a tribute to a drawing made by Galileo Galilei on 20 November 1610. The artist Davide Ragazzi has been developing the Moon as pictorial subject for many years. Starting from realistic and timely observations of the Moon, he processes scientific data, technological aspects and art research. Davide Ragazzi’s tribute is to Galileo art lover and scientist who, after scientific observations made with his telescope, reproduced pictorial representation of the Moon to study and demonstrate a scientific phenomenon, introducing the world to the modern science. Painting and technology, art and science are connections that Davide Ragazzi has chosen to highlight in different expressive methodologies, including tributes to illustrious scientists of the past.
The work is accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity
The work of art is a tribute to a drawing made by Galileo Galilei on 20 November 1610. The artist Davide Ragazzi has been developing the Moon as pictorial subject for many years. Starting from realistic and timely observations of the Moon, he processes scientific data, technological aspects and art research. Davide Ragazzi’s tribute is to Galileo art lover and scientist who, after scientific observations made with his telescope, reproduced pictorial representation of the Moon to study and demonstrate a scientific phenomenon, introducing the world to the modern science. Painting and technology, art and science are connections that Davide Ragazzi has chosen to highlight in different expressive methodologies, including tributes to illustrious scientists of the past.