Astronomy in Art

Donald Olson, Department of Physics, Texas State University

Vincent van Gogh Edvard Munch Claude Monet

White House at Night The Scream in London

BIBLIOGRAPHY: ASTRONOMY IN ART

M. S. Olson, D. W. Olson, and R. L. Doescher,

“The Blood-Red Sky of Munch’s The Scream,”

Environmental History 12 (No. 1), 131 (January, 2007).

D. W. Olson, B. Robertson, and R. L. Doescher,

“Reflections on Edvard Munch’s Girls on the Pier,”

Sky & Telescope 111 (No. 5), 39 (May, 2006).

D. W. Olson, R. L. Doescher, K. D. Holsinger, A. B. Ralph, and L. D. Valencia,

“Ansel Adams and an ‘Autumn Moon,’ ”

Sky & Telescope 110 (No. 4), 40 (October, 2005).

D. W. Olson, R. L. Doescher, and M. S. Olson, “When the Sky Ran Red: The authors

describe the when, where, and why of Edvard Munch’s famous painting The Scream,”

Scandinavian Review, Vol. 92 (No. 2), 30 (Autumn, 2004).

D. W. Olson, R. L. Doescher, and M. S. Olson, “The Blood-Red Sky of the Scream,”

APS News: The Back Page, Vol. 13 (No. 5), 8 (May, 2004).

D. W. Olson, R. L. Doescher, and M. S. Olson, “Wenn Sich Der Himmel Rot Färbt:

Das Geheimnis hinter Edvard Munchs Gemälde ‘Der Schrei,’ ”

Astronomie Heute 2 (No. 3), 24 (March, 2004).

D. W. Olson, R. L. Doescher, and M. S. Olson, “When the Sky Ran Red:

The Story Behind The Scream,” Sky & Telescope 107 (No. 2), 28 (February, 2004).

D. W. Olson, R. L. Doescher, and M. S. Olson, “Van Goghs Mondaufgang,”

Astronomie Heute 1 (No. 5), 26 (November/December, 2003).

D. W. Olson, R. L. Doescher, and M. S. Olson, "Dating van Gogh's Moonrise,"

Sky & Telescope 106 (No. 1), 54 (July, 2003).

D. W. Olson, R. L. Doescher, J. A. Burleson, H. E. Davidson, L. D. Denkeler,

E. D. FitzSimon, R. P. McGillicuddy, D. N. Montondon, T. Sanchez,

V. A. Voss, J. L. Walker, and A. E. Wells,

"Identifying the 'Star' in a Long-Lost van Gogh,"

Sky & Telescope 101 (No. 4), 34 (April, 2001).

D. W. Olson, R. L. Doescher, A. K. Burke, M. E. Delgado, M. A. Douglas,

K. L. Fields, R. B. Fischer, P. D. Gardiner, T. W. Huntley, K. E. McCarthy,

and A. G. Messenger, "Dating Ansel Adams's Moon and Half Dome,"

Sky & Telescope 88 (No. 6), 82 (December, 1994).

M. S. Olson and D. W. Olson, "Celestial 'Spears' and Fiery 'Tears' in

Blake's 'The Tyger'," Notes & Queries 37 (No. 1), 17 (1990).

D. W. Olson and M. S. Olson, "William Blake and August's Fiery Meteors,"

Sky & Telescope 78 (No. 2), 192 (August, 1989).

D. W. Olson and R. L. Doescher, "Van Gogh, Two Planets, and the Moon,"

Sky & Telescope 76 (No. 4), 406 (October, 1988).

ADDITIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY: VAN GOGH AND ASTRONOMY

Charles Whitney, "The Skies of Vincent van Gogh,"

Art History (September, 1986).

Albert Boime, "Van Gogh’s Starry Night, A History of Matter and a Matter of History,"

Arts Magazine (December, 1984).

LINKS

Texas State University Honors Program
http://www.txstate.edu/honors/

Don Olson, Physics Department, Texas State University

http://uweb.txstate.edu/~do01/

Marilynn Olson, English Department, Texas State University

http://www.english.txstate.edu/people-contacts/faculty/olson.html

Christopher Olson, JD, Hawaii Lawyer, Oahu Lawyer, Oahu, Hawaii
http://hawaiiattorneyonline.com/