{"product_id":"the-color-of-the-moon-laura-l-vookles-9780823280971","title":"The Color of the Moon: Lunar Painting in American Art","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eON MY MODERN MET'S TOP TEN LIST OF BEST CREATIVE BOOKS TO CELEBRATE THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF MOON LANDING\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe moon--its face, color, and power--threads through the tapestry of American landscape painting, holding timeless allure for artists and beloved by viewers of paintings everywhere. The Hudson River Museum has organized \u003ci\u003eThe Color of the Moon: Lunar Painting in American Art\u003c\/i\u003e--the first major museum examination of the moon in American visual arts from the nineteenth through the twentieth centuries for a 2019 exhibition. This timely presentation also celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission when, in 1969, American astronauts first stepped onto the surface of the moon. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the romantic silvery moonscapes of nineteenth-century artists to the abstractions by artists of the twentieth century who explored the moon, the perfect orb, and tapped into its spiritual possibilities, this celestial body, closest to Earth, remains constant in our sky, though our relationship to it and our home planet changes, as technology extends our reach toward space. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Hudson River Museum, Fordham University Press, and the James A. Michener Art Museum are joint publishers of the lavishly illustrated catalog \u003ci\u003eThe Color of the Moon: Lunar Painting in American Art\u003c\/i\u003e. In engaging essays, author Stella Paul maps the colors of the moon; catalog co-editors Bartholomew F. Bland and Laura Vookles explore Hudson River School and Modernist moonscapes and their cultural resonance; and curators Melissa Martens Yaverbaum and Ted Barrow sight the moon's passage in art of both the Gilded and Space ages. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe exhibition and catalog have been made possible by a generous grant by the Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Horowitz Foundation for the Arts, Inc.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Color of the Moon: Lunar Painting in American Art\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY February 8 - May 12, 2019\u003cbr\u003eJames A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA June 1 - September 8, 2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Laura L. Vookles, Hudson River Museum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0823280977\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780823280971\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fordham University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/26\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.70h x 8.90w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2019 pg. 95","brand":"Laura L. Vookles","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947363139839,"sku":"9780823280971","price":44.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_60bfb933-93e1-400b-bed3-1ea25861e3a1.jpg?v=1681518277","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-color-of-the-moon-laura-l-vookles-9780823280971","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}