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Bowl with Courtly and Astrological Motifs The figures and decoration on the interior of this bowl combine imagery of the courtly cycle and astronomy. In the center the sun is surrounded by personifications of the planets (clockwise) Mars, Mercury, Venus, the moon, Saturn, and Jupiter. Islamic astronomers believed the planets orbited the earth, forming seven concentric circles.
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Osiris-lah Osiris-Iah is a form of Osiris specifically linked to the moon, a feature made explicit in this figure through the crown, which represents the moon disk resting on the crescent moon, thereby encompassing the moon in all of its phases. The god Osiris is linked to the moon because, as the moon changes from crescent to full from month to month, it recalls Osiris’ continual rebirth and regeneration.
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Iga no Tsubone and the Ghost of Kiyotaka with a Midnight Moon in the Yoshino Mountains Iga no Tsubone confronts the demonic and vengeful ghost of a high court official who, with some justice, was forced to commit suicide under a midnight moon in the Yoshino Mountains.
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Pair of Moon Shoes Pair of 'Moon Shoes', each is a flat platform rising slightly in two points behind the heel, threaded with two red leather straps. These straps fasten with buckles. The shoes' lengths can be adjusted by twin bolts on their undersides. Fastened to the base of each shoe are two large, tapering springs, one at front, one at the back.
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Light bulb to Simulate Moonlight Paterson worked with engineers to take light-meter readings, analyze wavelengths, and finally locate an appropriate surface coating in order to produce a bulb that emits rays approximating the light of a full moon. Paterson commissioned Osram to manufacture 289 bulbs, each lasting 2,000 hours so that the total duration of the whole set corresponds to a lifetime, based on the average human life expectancy of 66 years as estimated in 2008. With each installation, during which the entire set is exhibited with a single bulb burning in the gallery, the lifespan of the artwork is shortened.
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Roundel with a Personification of the Moon This plaque is one of the earliest known examples of the cloisonné-enamel technique in the West. The moon (luna) is symbolically represented here as a female sky goddess riding in a chariot and holding torches. The plaque originally would have been accompanied by another, with an image of the sun, both probably framing a large crucifix.
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Virgin of the Apocalypse The Virgin is represented as the Woman of the Apocalypse from the New Testament Book of Revelation. Standing on the crescent moon (the Jewish synagogue), she personifies the Christian Church. With the exception of the globe and the tips of the moon, this imposing figure has been carved from a single large piece of elephant tusk.
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Rabbit in the Moon Embroidered medallion depicting the moon rabbit a mythical figure who lives on the moon local folklore throughout Asia.
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Chandra, The Moon God Chandra, a lunar deity in Hinduism, rides in a chariot pulled by an antelope.
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Moon Surface (Surveyor I) In 1968, photographs of the lunar surface were taken by the Russian satellite Luna 9, they stimulated her to make several graphite drawings.