Selene’s Two Faces: From 17th Century Drawings to Spacecraft Imaging

Description

If any scientific object has over the course of human history aroused the fascination of both scientists and artists worldwide, it is beyond doubt the moon. The moon is also by far the most interesting celestial body when it comes to reflecting on the dualistic nature of photography as applied to the study of the universe. Against this background, Selene’s Two Faces sets out to look at the scientific purpose, aesthetic expression, and influence of early lunar drawings, maps and photographs, including spacecraft imaging. In its approach, Selene’s Two Faces is intermedial, intercultural and interdisciplinary. It brings together not only various media (photography, maps, engravings, lithographs, globes, texts), and cultures (from Europe, America and Asia), but also theoretical perspectives. Intro Contents Acknowledgments List of Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors Introduction On the Visible, the Invisible, Presences and Absences in Lunar Portraiture Carmen Pérez González Chapter 1 One World is not Enough Remarks on the History of Selenography Pedro M.P. Raposo Chapter 2 Mapping Time Rather than Mapping Space The Moon in Persian Astronomy during the Naseri Period (1848-1896) Carmen Pérez González Chapter 3 Japanese Lunar Drawings, Maps and Photographs before the 1870s Tsuko Nakamura Chapter 4 Of Blurs, Maps and Portraits Photography and the Moon. Charlotte BiggChapter 5 James Nasmyth on the Moon Or on Becoming a Lunar Being, without the Lunacy Omar W. Nasim Chapter 6 Karl Friedrich Küstner's Moon Photographic Plates at Bonn Observatory Michael Geffert Chapter 7 The Digital Sky of Hamburg Observatory Bringing Astro-photographic Plates from the 20th into the 21st Century Detlef Groote Chapter 8 From Astronomer-photographers to Astronaut-photographers Close-up Detailed Observations Performed by Spacecraft and Manned Exploration of the Moon Pedro Ré and Carmen Pérez González Chronology Ré and Pérez González. History of Moon-photography: TimelinePedro Ré and Carmen Pérez González Bibliography Index.