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To Boldly Paint What No Man Has Painted Before

Posted by michael on from the acrylic-or-oil-based dept.

David Mazzotta writes "It's not just Sci-Fi authors who have had influence on space technologies. Artist Chesley Bonestell produced beautiful space-art that inspiried people from Sagan to Heinlein."

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  1. Re:This guy's art and why I hate being an artist. by Angry+Toad · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I think it reflects badly on the academic art world, not art in general, that this man's work cannot be taken seriously. His work was appreciated by millions and influenced the vision of the universe of entire generations.

    Isn't that pretty much the definition of great art?

    There's a distinct snobbery at work here, but in the end who really cares - his work did what it set out to do.