Medieval artists were space nerds too: 500 years of mind-blowing space drawings

'Flowers of the Sky' is a stunning collection of celestial art throughout the ages from the Public Domain Review. The artwork in this collection covers nearly a millennium of illustrations (chronologically) depicting comets, meteors, meteorites, and shooting stars. The earliest work in the collection is a shooting star, drawn in what looks to be pen and ink, from 1493. — Read the rest
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