The Phases and Aspects of the Moon
The Phases and Aspects of the Moon (Typus selenographicus Lunae phases et aspectus varios adumbrans) — Andreas Cellarius, Harmonia Macrocosmica (1660).
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This print
Where it works
The moon's phases set in a ring around the earth on a mauve-pink field, a sun face above and cherubs at the corners, in Cellarius's 1660 plate on a cream page. The pink suits a bedroom, child's room or hallway on cream or navy at 24×36 in black, with his Theory of the Moon.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Antique natural-history plate
- Era
- 19th century
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- purple, blush pink, ochre, cream
- Mood
- scholarly, playful
- Rooms
- bedroom, hallway or entryway, kids room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, anniversary
Size. We'd hang this one at 24×36. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
Framing. A slim black or natural wood frame right to the plate edge; the plate's own margin frames the subject.
Pairing. Hangs alone or as a matched pair; three or more prints are 10% off.
