Auguste Rodin, The Fall of Icarus, 1895
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Franz Sedlacek (Austrian 1891–1945)- Ghost over the Trees. N.d
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Félix Vallotton – Clouds, 1890
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'A woman viewing the constellation of Libra (The Scales) ', date unknown. From the archives of the American Natural History Museum
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Ansel Adams – Eclipse, Cantonville, California, 1925
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Anselm Kiefer, This Dark Light that Falls from the Stars, 1996. Acrylic, shellac and sunflower seeds on woodcut on canvas
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"Vädersolstavlan" (The Sun Dog Painting), Jacobs Heinrich Elbfas, 1636. Church of Storkyrkan, Stockholm.
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Wall frieze depicting the setting of the Sun in the Hathor temple, Dendera, Egypt, circa 380 BCE
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Plate depicting Cybele pulled by lions, a votive sacrifice and the Sun God. Ai-Khanoum, Central Asia, Northern Afghanistan, 2nd century BCE
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The Sun and Moon 'Allegorical figures featured in celebrations staged to commemorate Christening of Princess Elisabeth of Hesse in 1596'
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The Nebra Sky Disk / Himmelsscheibe von Nebra, ca. 1600 BCE
The disk features the oldest concrete depiction of the cosmos worldwide
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Falling Stars, from the Beatus of Liébana, Commentaria in Apocalypsin (the ‘Beatus of Saint-Sever’), Saint-Sever before 1072
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Images in this thread are from the archives of Stephen Ellcock on Facebook
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