Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
Summary:Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, Apollo's Muse honors the rich history of photographic representations of the moon, from rarely seen early daguerreotypes to contemporary video art. Engaging and accessible, the book explores how photographers captured this celestial body-and how the images have in turn inspired artists, writers, and scientists. The book's wide-ranging focus includes extraordinary reproductions of the first successful series of lunar daguerreotypes by the American photographer John Adams Whipple, along with film stills from Voyage dans la Lune (1902) by Georges Melies; American "paper moon" studio portraits; images from the Apollo mission; and works by contemporary artists, including Vija Celmins, Roy Lichtenstein, Aleksandra Mir, Vik Muniz, Nam June Paik, and Robert Rauschenberg. Related prints, drawings, paintings, and astronomical instruments explore artists' fascination with the moon, as an object of both art and science. A foreword by actor Tom Hanks, star of the award-winning 1995 film Apollo 13, outlines the importance of lunar images to art and cinema, reinforcing the universal fascination with representations of the cosmos. Exhibition: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA (01.07-22.09.2019)
Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
Subjects
Moon, Space photography, Pictorial works, Exhibitions, In artEdition | Availability |
---|---|
1
Apollo's Muse: The Moon in the Age of Photography
2019, Yale University Press
in English
1588396843 9781588396846
|
aaaa
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
Book Details
Classifications
Contributors
ID Numbers
Community Reviews (0)
Feedback?March 21, 2024 | Edited by laurenbr1 | moved tom hanks to intro, summary |
December 17, 2022 | Edited by MARC Bot | import existing book |
September 20, 2021 | Edited by ImportBot | import existing book |
August 13, 2020 | Created by ImportBot | import new book |