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.
Author(s): Carmen Pérez González
Series: Nuncius 3
Publisher: Brill
Year: 2018
Language: English
Pages: xvi+310
City: Boston
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.
