The Moon: From Inner Worlds to Outer Space
Regular price £27.95'Explores the many different ways that artists, photographers, filmmakers, historians, astronomers and more have tried to capture the image of the moon' - The Arts Newspaper
A coffee table book exploring art inspired by The Moon
Encompassing art, film, literature, architecture, design, natural history and historical objects, and published on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the first manned landing (July 20, 1969), The Moon surveys the iconography of the moon, from Romantic landscape paintings to sci-fi films and space-age art.
The book also accounts for the science of the moon throughout the ages, from Galileo to NASA, addressing the many lunar myths that have existed throughout time.
An inspirational collection for anyone who has felt the moon's pull on their imagination.
Details
- Author: Laerke Rydal Jorgensen
- Hardcover: 128 pages | 150 colour and 50 black and white illustrations
- Date published: December 2018
- Language: English
- ISBN: 978-8793659087
- Product Dimensions: 26.1 x 21.6 cm
