Astral Lion
by Nicole Brandt
Acrylic Paint on Canvas Board
12x16 in (~30.5x40.5 cm)
2022
This painting of a lion was inspired by ancient Babylonian ideas and images. The color palette was drawn from the Ishtar Gate in Babylon, and the overall composition of the piece is meant to give a celestial, ethereal feel.
By the first centuries BCE the Babylonians were expert astronomers, pioneering the scientific and mathematical observations of the night sky. Before the Greco-Roman zodiac that is well known today, they first mapped the stars and named the constellations.
The lion constellation, {MUL}UR.GU.LA, has been continually interpreted as a lion, and is one and the same with today’s “Leo.”
by Nicole Brandt
Acrylic Paint on Canvas Board
12x16 in (~30.5x40.5 cm)
2022
This painting of a lion was inspired by ancient Babylonian ideas and images. The color palette was drawn from the Ishtar Gate in Babylon, and the overall composition of the piece is meant to give a celestial, ethereal feel.
By the first centuries BCE the Babylonians were expert astronomers, pioneering the scientific and mathematical observations of the night sky. Before the Greco-Roman zodiac that is well known today, they first mapped the stars and named the constellations.
The lion constellation, {MUL}UR.GU.LA, has been continually interpreted as a lion, and is one and the same with today’s “Leo.”
by Nicole Brandt
Acrylic Paint on Canvas Board
12x16 in (~30.5x40.5 cm)
2022
This painting of a lion was inspired by ancient Babylonian ideas and images. The color palette was drawn from the Ishtar Gate in Babylon, and the overall composition of the piece is meant to give a celestial, ethereal feel.
By the first centuries BCE the Babylonians were expert astronomers, pioneering the scientific and mathematical observations of the night sky. Before the Greco-Roman zodiac that is well known today, they first mapped the stars and named the constellations.
The lion constellation, {MUL}UR.GU.LA, has been continually interpreted as a lion, and is one and the same with today’s “Leo.”