Blog 3
In
collaboration of our final project, my partner and I were fascinated by the
phases of Venus and the evolution of Venus’s existence. From Galileo’s
perspective the Earth was no longer the center of the universe. The phases of
the moon and the phases of Venus determined the solar system was no longer
geocentric as proposed by ancient Greeks philosophers, Plato and Aristotle, in
the 4th century BCE. Venus was a key contributing factor for the
geocentric theory as philosophers observed Venus’ luminosity or brightness,
generated a proposal that the Earth was only the same distance away from Venus.
But changes were to the system were discovered first by Copernicus that Venus
and Mercury were between the Earth and the Sun accounting for the retrograde
motion that early astronomers mistook for a fixed frame of Earth. Galileo came
along in 1610 with the telescope and proved that Venus indeed had phases and
the sun was indeed the center of the universe, or a heliocentric solar system.
With collaboration from Johannes Kepler, who interpreted Galileo’s enigma
messages incorrectly, was also highly influential in developing the ebb and
flow motion of Earth due to the Moon. In the end, several of the incorrectly
decoded messages later were proved right, despite the lack of means that Kepler
would have had at the time to guarantee the theory’s authenticity.
Based on
the constant changes and morphing of ideals of project relying heavily on the
idea of anamorphic artwork. Anamorphic art presents one distorted piece that
then creates another more concrete image from a specific vantage point. Venus
has been viewed from many different lenses from Greek methodology, as Venus was
the goddess of beauty, love, and sex with her counterparts of Ishtar and
Aphrodite. Likewise, Venus was the known as the morning, Phosphorus, and evening
star, or Hesperus, was portrayed as a beautiful woman holding a light. Venus
was also depicted with swans, doves, and roses, or rather peaceful images as we
known them today.
On the surface of Venus, there are
two terras, of highland regions, on Venus attributed to these Roman,
Babylonian, and Greek goddess, that are incorporated into our distorted image
of Venus. Likewise, with new telescopes and technology including spacecraft,
Ikaros, Venus Express, and Venus Pioneer, have shown the true composition of
Venus. This hot planet, unbearable to live on, is composed of almost exclusively
of carbon dioxide and a small amount of nitrogen. This originally beautiful
planet as proposed through methodology is full of toxic gases, high temperatures,
and sulfuric acid rain. With an impenetrable atmosphere and a lack of plate
tectonics, the atmosphere of Venus has remained impenetrable to meteors.
As seen through the variations of
the past, Venus has appeared to the naked eye as different then its realty. Astronomers
thought that this stunning planet known in Greek mythology for sex, love, and
fertility was another simple planet circling the Earth. But upon further
research and investigation by revolutionary scientists such as Kepler and
Galileo, the reality of Venus morphed into something new that revolutionizes
the way the universe was viewed. The heliocentric idea of the universe,
although not well received by the church, was the new reality of Venus that was
seen through one of Galileo’s new lenses of a telescope. As science progressed,
the composition of Venus with its blistered temperatures, and toxic environment
was brought before the public though the use of advanced spacecraft. Venus is a
simple example of the evolution of science and a true representation that
things are not as they appear; just as anamorphic art distorts our picture of
reality by changing the point of view.
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