The Geometry Code - Gallery : Martineau Solar System
Background Information on the Martineau Solar System
Physical Galleries - Martineau Solar System
Current and upcoming exhibits of my giclée fine art prints and other work are listed on the Events page, including the Martineau Solar System series.
Online Gallery - Martineau Solar System
Calendars for 2007 available on Lulu.com
Twelve images from the Martineau Solar System series are now available as a
full color calendar. The
"Homage to Kepler" art
is also on the cover of the premium calendar. Here's a
press release about the calendar.
Venus And Mars Per Martineau
Venus And Mars Per Martineau (apparel)Venus And Mars Per Martineau (cards)
Venus And Mars Per Martineau (posters)
Neptune And Uranus Per Martineau
Neptune And Uranus Per Martineau (apparel)Neptune And Uranus Per Martineau (cards)
Neptune And Uranus Per Martineau (posters)
Earth And Venus Per Martineau
Earth And Venus Per Martineau (apparel)Earth And Venus Per Martineau (cards)
Earth And Venus Per Martineau (posters)
Venus and Earth Orbits Per Martineau
Venus and Earth Orbits Per Martineau (apparel)Venus and Earth Orbits Per Martineau (cards)
Venus and Earth Orbits Per Martineau (posters)
Earth And Mars Per Martineau
Earth And Mars Per Martineau (apparel)Earth And Mars Per Martineau (cards)
Earth And Mars Per Martineau (posters)
Earth And Mars Cross Per Martineau
Earth And Mars Cross Per Martineau (apparel)Earth And Mars Cross Per Martineau (cards)
Earth And Mars Cross Per Martineau (posters)
Jupiter And Earth Per Martineau
Jupiter And Earth Per Martineau (apparel)Jupiter And Earth Per Martineau (cards)
Jupiter And Earth Per Martineau (posters)
Venus And Mercury Per Martineau
Venus And Mercury Per Martineau (apparel)Venus And Mercury Per Martineau (cards)
Venus And Mercury Per Martineau (posters)
Jupiter, Saturn And Uranus Per Martineau
Jupiter, Saturn And Uranus Per Martineau (apparel)Jupiter, Saturn And Uranus Per Martineau (cards)
Jupiter, Saturn And Uranus Per Martineau (posters)
Jupiter And Mars Per Martineau
Jupiter And Mars Per Martineau (apparel)Jupiter And Mars Per Martineau (cards)
Jupiter And Mars Per Martineau (posters)
Solar System To Uranus Per Martineau
Solar System To Uranus Per Martineau (apparel)Solar System To Uranus Per Martineau (cards)
Solar System To Uranus Per Martineau (posters)
Solar System To Mars Per Martineau
Solar System To Mars Per Martineau (apparel)Solar System To Mars Per Martineau (cards)
Solar System To Mars Per Martineau (posters)
Background Information on the Martineau Solar System - Highly Accurate Geometric Models of Planetary Orbits
The Martineau Solar System Series consists of 12 images inspired by the remarkable work of geometer John Martineau, in "A Little Book of Coincidence". I think Martineau will (some day, hopefully soon!) be heralded among Kepler, Galileo, Newton and Einstein for the astronomical discoveries he's made. I HIGHLY recommend John's book if you haven't seen it. In it, he details dozens of astonishingly accurate and simple geometrical models of our solar system that I imagine will become grade school classics for teaching relative spacing of planets. These simple models use circles, triangles, squares, pentagrams, hexagrams, octagrams, and a few 3D models. I had the privilege of meeting John in the summer of 2004, and learned of his Neptune/Uranus model (too new to be in his book) which uses a tetrahedron and truncated tetrahedron, respectively; the new model shown below on the right. This model is in the 99%+ accuracy range, like all the others. A number of people have asked for a page on the site showing my verifications of his ratios, so I'll upload that soon...
If Kepler had only known how close his original concept was for nesting polyhedra... He was on the right track! The other two new images are composites of various models and are at the bottom of this page (They feature a background tiling of Kirlian photos I took many years ago.) Click on any link, then click "Supersize" to see a full screen image on the zazzle site, or for details about the image. To see all my galleries on the zazzle site, click on the "Bruce Rawles" link, since there are many images available on zazzle not currently shown on this website. I am also exploring the idea of making a full resolution calendar with these images... stay tuned!
For fine art gicleé prints of any of these images, Contact Us. For low cost prints (posters and canvas), cards and apparel, click the links above. Our Events page has a list of current and past exhibits of this and other artwork.
There are more details on my blog.)
