{"id":131112,"date":"2018-11-28T13:00:42","date_gmt":"2018-11-28T18:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=131112"},"modified":"2018-11-28T13:04:07","modified_gmt":"2018-11-28T18:04:07","slug":"something-we-all-can-agree-on-the-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2018\/11\/28\/something-we-all-can-agree-on-the-moon\/","title":{"rendered":"Something We All Can Agree On: The Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Love fades, everything dies, but the moon looms forever in our imaginations. Organized to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the moon landing, a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.louisiana.dk\/en\/exhibition\/moon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new show at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art<\/a>, in Denmark, examines how the earth\u2019s satellite has served as a point of fascination and inspiration for artists, thinkers, writers, and scientists across human civilization. Below, we present a selection of images from the exhibition, which runs through January 20, 2019.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_131137\" style=\"width: 826px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/moon_first_editup.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-131137\" class=\"wp-image-131137 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/moon_first_editup-816x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"816\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/moon_first_editup-816x1024.jpg 816w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/moon_first_editup-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/moon_first_editup-768x964.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/moon_first_editup.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-131137\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The first known photograph of the moon was taken by John W. Draper ca. 1839. The spots in this photo are caused by mold and water damage on the original daguerreotype, which apparently no longer exists. Photography. New York University Archives.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_131146\" style=\"width: 825px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/ernst_naissance-d-une_inv-85-1_46440.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-131146\" class=\"wp-image-131146 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/ernst_naissance-d-une_inv-85-1_46440-815x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"815\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/ernst_naissance-d-une_inv-85-1_46440-815x1024.jpg 815w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/ernst_naissance-d-une_inv-85-1_46440-239x300.jpg 239w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/ernst_naissance-d-une_inv-85-1_46440-768x965.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/ernst_naissance-d-une_inv-85-1_46440.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-131146\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Max Ernst, <i>Naissance d\u2019une galaxie (The Birth of a Galaxy)<\/i>, 1969, oil on canvas. Fondation Beyeler, Riehen\/Basel Beyeler Collection.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_131143\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/165_2006_78.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-131143\" class=\"wp-image-131143 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/165_2006_78.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/165_2006_78.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/165_2006_78-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/165_2006_78-768x453.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-131143\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi, <i>Kitab suwar al-kawakib (Book of Fixed Stars)<\/i>, 1675, paper, polychrome ink, gold, and silver. The David Collection, Copenhagen.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_131114\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/mk2-a-trip-to-the-moon.-cre\u0301dits-lobster-fondation-groupama-gan-fondation-technicolor-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-131114\" class=\"wp-image-131114 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/mk2-a-trip-to-the-moon.-cre\u0301dits-lobster-fondation-groupama-gan-fondation-technicolor-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/mk2-a-trip-to-the-moon.-cre\u0301dits-lobster-fondation-groupama-gan-fondation-technicolor-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/mk2-a-trip-to-the-moon.-cre\u0301dits-lobster-fondation-groupama-gan-fondation-technicolor-1-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/mk2-a-trip-to-the-moon.-cre\u0301dits-lobster-fondation-groupama-gan-fondation-technicolor-1-768x584.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-131114\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Georges M\u00e9li\u00e8s, <i>Le Voyage dans la lune (A Trip to the Moon)<\/i>, 1902, still from a hand-colored film, 14 minutes, loop. Lobster-Fondation Groupama Gan Foundation Technicolor. Courtesy of mk2 Films.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_131117\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/fritz_lang_frau_im_mond.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-131117\" class=\"wp-image-131117 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/fritz_lang_frau_im_mond.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"753\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/fritz_lang_frau_im_mond.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/fritz_lang_frau_im_mond-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/fritz_lang_frau_im_mond-768x578.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-131117\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fritz Lang, <i>Frau im Mond (Woman in the Moon)<\/i>, 1929, still from black-and-white film, 156 minutes.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_131115\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/gm2005_press.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-131115\" class=\"wp-image-131115 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/gm2005_press.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"736\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/gm2005_press.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/gm2005_press-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/gm2005_press-768x565.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-131115\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carl Julius Leypold, <i>Kirchhofseingang (Entrance to the Cemetery)<\/i>, 1832, oil on canvas. Germanisches Nationalmuseum, N\u00fcrnberg. Loan by the city of N\u00fcrnberg.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_131145\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/02667u_crop.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-131145\" class=\"wp-image-131145 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/02667u_crop.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"693\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/02667u_crop.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/02667u_crop-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/02667u_crop-768x532.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-131145\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Benjamin Henry Day, <i>Lunar animals and other objects Discovered by Sir John Herschel in his observatory at the Cape of Good Hope and copied from sketches in the \u2018Edinburgh Journal of Science,\u2019\u00a0<\/i>1835, lithograph. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_131144\" style=\"width: 711px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/04_lunar_mszlam.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-131144\" class=\"wp-image-131144 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/04_lunar_mszlam-701x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"701\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/04_lunar_mszlam-701x1024.jpg 701w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/04_lunar_mszlam-205x300.jpg 205w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/04_lunar_mszlam-768x1122.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/04_lunar_mszlam.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-131144\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Malena Szlam, <i>Lunar Almanac<\/i>, 2013, still from a silent color film in 16mm, 4 minutes, loop.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_131116\" style=\"width: 814px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/gettyimages-105481870.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-131116\" class=\"wp-image-131116 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/gettyimages-105481870-804x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"804\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/gettyimages-105481870-804x1024.jpg 804w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/gettyimages-105481870-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/gettyimages-105481870-768x978.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/gettyimages-105481870.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-131116\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The astronomer Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt\u2019s plaster model of the moon, 1898. Photo: Getty Images\/Field Museum Library.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_131141\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/911233001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-131141\" class=\"wp-image-131141 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/911233001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/911233001.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/911233001-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/911233001-768x457.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-131141\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The ancient Hindu moon god Chandra, gouache on paper. Courtesy of the British Museum.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_131139\" style=\"width: 525px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/b-tiff.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-131139\" class=\"wp-image-131139 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/b-tiff-515x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"515\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/b-tiff-515x1024.jpg 515w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/b-tiff-151x300.jpg 151w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/b-tiff-768x1528.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/b-tiff.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-131139\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Victor Prouv\u00e9, <i>Amour de lune (Love for the Moon)<\/i>, 1884, pen and ink on paper. Georgina Kelman.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_131140\" style=\"width: 786px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/3991-rotraut_4637.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-131140\" class=\"wp-image-131140 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/3991-rotraut_4637-776x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"776\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/3991-rotraut_4637-776x1024.jpg 776w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/3991-rotraut_4637-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/3991-rotraut_4637-768x1014.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/3991-rotraut_4637.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-131140\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rotraut, <i>Untitled<\/i>, ca. 1972, mixed technique on canvas. Private collection. \u00a9Rotraut\/ADAGP, Paris 2018<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_131138\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/lo1-earthrisep_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-131138\" class=\"wp-image-131138 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/lo1-earthrisep_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/lo1-earthrisep_.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/lo1-earthrisep_-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/lo1-earthrisep_-768x617.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-131138\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Unknown, <i>The first view of the Earth from the Moon, Frame 101, High Resolution, Lunar Orbiter I<\/i>, 1966, vintage gelatin silver print. Collection Victor Martin-Malburet.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpted from\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artbook.com\/9788793659087.html\">The Moon: From Inner Worlds to Outer Space<\/a><em>, edited by L\u00e6rke Rydal J\u00f8rgensen and Marie Laurberg, published by the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.louisiana.dk\/en\/exhibition\/moon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Moon: From Inner Worlds to Outer Space<\/a>\u201d is on view at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art through January 20, 2019.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new exhibition at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art pays tribute to the celestial object of our 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