A Biography of Our Sun: From Ancient Myths and Artifacts to Modern Art and Astrophysics
暫譯: 我們的太陽傳記：從古代神話與文物到現代藝術與天體物理學
Pesce, Laura
商品描述
This book is for everyone curious about the Sun and how it has been perceived throughout human history, including the modern scientific view. Beginning with ancient myths and legends, superstitions, art and poetry, the book proceeds to explain the amazing composition of our star, how it produces the heat and light on which all life depends, as well as touching the harvesting of solar energy that is becoming so essential in the modern world. The book is illustrated by the author's own artwork and includes first-hand scientific information provided in interviews with professional astrophysicists.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
這本書適合所有對太陽及其在人類歷史中所受到的認知感到好奇的人，包括現代科學的觀點。書中從古代的神話和傳說、迷信、藝術和詩歌開始，接著解釋我們的恆星驚人的組成，如何產生所有生命所依賴的熱量和光線，以及觸及在現代世界中變得至關重要的太陽能的收集。書中配有作者自己的插圖，並包含與專業天體物理學家進行訪談所提供的一手科學資訊。
作者簡介
Laura Pesce is a visual artist specializing in glass sculpture. She graduated from the University of Arizona in art history and art studies. After graduation, she chose studio work over an academic carrier, and specializing mostly in contemporary glass sculptures and mixed media installations. Currently her work is shown in a number of museums and galleries throughout Europe and the Americas.
Museums:
Palazzo blù, museum of contemporary art, Pisa, Italy
Complesso museale di Badia a Isola, Siena, Italy,
Palazzo Strozzi, Firenze, Italy
Fortezza da Basso, Firenze, Italy
University museum of Utrecht, Holland (The beauty of Mathematics)
Tohono Chul, Folk Art Museum, Arizona, USA
Museum of Fine Arts, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Art and Science)
Centro Cultural Laurinda Santos Lobos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Biennale di Firenze, Fortezza da Basso, Firenze, Italy
Galleries:
Glass Gallery, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Vespermann gallery, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Philabaum glass gallery, Tucson, Arizona
Pismo contemporary glass, Denver, Colorado, USA
Faru folk art gallery, Saint Louis, Missouri
Gallery Borgward, Bremen, Germany
Travelling exhibitions for Art and Science: Arezzo, Siena, Firenze.
Others:
Dubai, United Arab Emirates,
For the UNICEF USA
For Art Glass International in Frankfurt, Dusseldorf, Munich, Germany
For Art Glass International, Tucson, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Her fascination for physics and mathematics was influenced by her husband Thomas Elze, a theoretical physicist, who inspired her to express concepts from physics and astrophysics in visual Art, as also through writing. "Close encounter of Art and Physics, an artist view", is her previous book on this subject, published by Springer in 2019. Laura Pesce lives and works in Tuscany, Italy.
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
Laura Pesce 是一位專注於玻璃雕塑的視覺藝術家。她畢業於亞利桑那大學，主修藝術史和藝術研究。畢業後，她選擇了工作室的創作，而非學術生涯，主要專注於當代玻璃雕塑和混合媒材裝置藝術。目前，她的作品在歐洲和美洲的多個博物館和畫廊展出。
博物館：
- 意大利比薩的 Palazzo blù 當代藝術博物館
- 意大利西恩那的 Complesso museale di Badia a Isola
- 意大利佛羅倫斯的 Palazzo Strozzi
- 意大利佛羅倫斯的 Fortezza da Basso
- 荷蘭烏特勒支大學博物館（數學之美）
- 美國亞利桑那州的 Tohono Chul 民俗藝術博物館
- 巴西里約熱內盧的美術館（藝術與科學）
- 巴西里約熱內盧的 Centro Cultural Laurinda Santos Lobos
- 意大利佛羅倫斯的 Biennale di Firenze, Fortezza da Basso
畫廊：
- 美國馬里蘭州貝塞斯達的 Glass Gallery
- 美國喬治亞州亞特蘭大的 Vespermann gallery
- 美國亞利桑那州圖森的 Philabaum glass gallery
- 美國科羅拉多州丹佛的 Pismo contemporary glass
- 美國密蘇里州聖路易斯的 Faru folk art gallery
- 德國不來梅的 Gallery Borgward
- 藝術與科學的巡迴展覽：阿雷佐、西恩那、佛羅倫斯
其他：
- 阿拉伯聯合大公國杜拜
- 為美國聯合國兒童基金會（UNICEF USA）
- 為德國法蘭克福、杜塞爾多夫、慕尼黑的 Art Glass International
- 為美國亞利桑那州圖森和菲尼克斯的 Art Glass International
- 美國密蘇里州聖路易斯
她對物理和數學的著迷受到她的丈夫托馬斯·埃爾茲（Thomas Elze）的影響，他是一位理論物理學家，啟發她以視覺藝術和寫作的方式表達物理和天體物理的概念。她在2019年由施普林格（Springer）出版的書籍《藝術與物理的親密接觸：藝術家的視角》探討了這一主題。Laura Pesce 現在居住並在意大利托斯卡納工作。
