Desmond Lazaro b. 1968
The Venus Pentagram, After Giovanni Domenico Cassini 1771 & James Ferguson 1799, 2020-2021
Pigment paint and raised gild on cotton cloth on birch board
19.75 x 19.75 x 0.9 in | 50.1 x 50.1 x 2.2 cm
After James Ferguson’s Astronomy Explained Upon Sir Isaac Newton’s Principles, 1799, illustrating the mean orbits of Mars and Venus. In it, the looping, dancing trajectory of Mars and Venus make...
After James Ferguson’s Astronomy Explained Upon Sir Isaac Newton’s Principles, 1799, illustrating the mean orbits of Mars and Venus. In it, the looping, dancing trajectory of Mars and Venus make a pentagram pattern across the heavens.