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Chesley Bonestell, an Uncommon card
Chesley Knight Bonestell Jr. was an American painter, designer, and illustrator, best known for his realistic-looking paintings of space exploration, including future spacecraft and scenes set on moons and planets in the Solar System.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 81
- DEF
- 92
- Power
- 173
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 21,000
Power 173 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Chesley Bonestell quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Chesley Bonestell card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
His work helped inspire the ______ space program and appeared in popular magazines and books from the 1940s into the 1970s.
Answer
American. His work helped inspire the American space program and appeared in popular magazines and books from the 1940s into the 1970s. From the Chesley Bonestell article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Måns Zelmerlöw. Måns Zelmerlöw 46,000 · Great Mosque of Kairouan 35,000 · Chesley Bonestell 21,000 · Ariwara no Narihira 12,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- His work helped inspire the American space program and appeared in popular magazines and books from the 1940s into the 1970s.
- He is considered one of the founders of "space art" for scientific illustration and his style has been influential in science fiction art, illustration, and cinema.
- Physicist Sidney Perkowitz summarized his historic reputation as: "Chesley Bonestell portrayed planets, stars, and spacecraft with stunning, near-photographic realism.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Chesley Bonestell article was read about 21,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 81 and blocks with 92: each hit it takes is cut by 37 %.
How to get Chesley Bonestell
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Chesley Bonestell (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Cedric Braun, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
