This little book traces the visual & cultural history of lunar exploration past present and future
A compact and fun history of travel to the moon in art, culture, and literature --from antiquity to the aesthetics of Stanley Kubrick --through different fields including science, literature, and pop culture.
The book begins with Ptolemy's early calculations of the distance to the moon, through fictional travels to the moon by the likes of Jules Verne, and J.G. Ballard From NASA's preparation for the Apollo moon landing to lunar travel by Virgin Galactic.
It’s a 310 page paperback illustrated reader AFFORDABLY priced at $22.
Originally published in 2015,this is a BACKLIST BESTSELLER from Spector Books
Long before scientists took the possibility of travelling to the Moon seriously, virtually all of its aspects had already been explored in art and literature. Our nearest astronomical neighbour, the Moon — just three days journey by spacecraft — still serves as an object of creative projection and speculation for visionaries across the globe. More than five decades after the first moonwalk, the book Memories of the Moon-Age traces a visual cultural history of lunar exploration in snapshots from the past, present, and future. This inspiring journey through history ranges from Ptolemy’s early calculations of the distance from the Earth to the Moon and Galilei’s invention of the telescope and his pen drawings of the lunar surface to the golden age of space travel in the mid-twentieth century with Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey and the concrete preparations for the Apollo Moon landing.
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FORMAT: Pbk, 4.5 x 7 in. / 260 pgs / illustrated throughout. LIST PRICE: U.S. $22.00 LIST PRICE: CANADA $30.5 ISBN: 9783959050050 PUBLISHER: Spector Books AVAILABLE: 10/1/2015 DISTRIBUTION: D.A.P. RETAILER DISC: TRADE PUBLISHING STATUS: Active AVAILABILITY: In stock TERRITORY: NA LA AFR ME
Published by Spector Books. Edited by Lukas Feireiss.
Long before scientists took the possibility of travelling to the Moon seriously, virtually all of its aspects had already been explored in art and literature. Our nearest astronomical neighbour, the Moon — just three days journey by spacecraft — still serves as an object of creative projection and speculation for visionaries across the globe. More than five decades after the first moonwalk, the book Memories of the Moon-Age traces a visual cultural history of lunar exploration in snapshots from the past, present, and future. This inspiring journey through history ranges from Ptolemy’s early calculations of the distance from the Earth to the Moon and Galilei’s invention of the telescope and his pen drawings of the lunar surface to the golden age of space travel in the mid-twentieth century with Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey and the concrete preparations for the Apollo Moon landing.
