Universum is a painting by Hugo Heikenwaelder which was uploaded on January 21st, 2019.
Universum
Title
Universum
Artist
Hugo Heikenwaelder
Medium
Painting - Watercolour
Description
This is the colored version of the Flammarion engraving. Hugo Heikenwaelder created this colored version in the year 1998.
A traveller puts his head under the edge of the firmament in the original black and white (1888) printing of the Flammarion engraving.
The engraving depicts a man, clothed in a long robe and carrying a staff, who is at the edge of the Earth, where it meets the sky. He kneels down and passes his head, shoulders, and right arm through the star-studded sky, discovering a marvellous realm of circling clouds, fires and suns beyond the heavens. One of the elements of the cosmic machinery bears a strong resemblance to traditional pictorial representations of the "wheel in the middle of a wheel" described in the visions of the Hebrew prophet Ezekiel. The caption that accompanies the engraving in Flammarion's book reads:
A missionary of the Middle Ages tells that he had found the point where the sky and the Earth touch.
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Comments (43)
Gull G
I try more and more to be myself, caring relatively little whether people approve or disapprove.β βVincent Van Gogh π Congratulations on your recent sale of this amazing Work!
Jean-Baptiste Pichancourt
Dear Hugo, I amm a research scientist, and your re-interpretation of Flammarion's engraving is my desktop wallpaper since a year. It reminds me everyday why I am doing this job. To find the unknown and what's behind the veil of appearances. I now want to buy it from the original reinterpretor. You. and not from other copycats on red bubble. However I have a question regarding the quality of what I would get. When I use the resolution tool of the website on the Flammarion engraving (https://pixels.com/featured/universum-hugo-heikenwaelder.html), for instance on the hand of the pilgrim), I see a lot of black pixels as if it was made using a poor resolution computer graphic program. Would it look the same if I buy a 76cm x 60cm "art print" with "archival matte paper"? Thanks for you answer and best regards.
Gull G
βIf you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere.β β Vincent Van Gogh π Congratulations on your recent sale of this amazing Work!
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