Nature/Science
MOON, THE From Inner Worlds to Outer Space.
Author: Lauerberg, Marie, Andersen, Anja, Petersen, Stephen, et al.
Country: Denmark
Language: English
Year Published: 2018
No. of pages: 128
Illustrations: 150 Color Illustrations. 50 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound
Size: 8 1/2 “x 10”
Weight: 2.00
ISBN: 9788793659087
Biblio/Bio: Cat. of exh.
Code: 7160
Price: $55.00
Myths of the moon in the arts and sciences, 50 years after the first manned landing. The moon has long furnished humankind with an artistic icon, an image of longing and object of scientific inquiry. Encompassing art, film, literature, architecture, design, natural history and historical objects, and published on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the first manned landing (July 20, 1969), The Moon surveys the iconography of the moon, from Romantic landscape paintings to space-age art. It takes the 1969 landing as a thematic fulcrum and a culmination of the deep-rooted cultural conceptions invested in the space race in the 1960s, from David Bowie to Disney.The book also accounts for the science of the moon throughout the ages, from Galileo to NASA, addressing the many lunar myths that have existed throughout time. Also explored here is moonlight, an important theme in the Romantic nocturnal landscapes of Caspar David Friedrich, J.C. Dahl and Carl Julius von Leypold. Another powerful artistic genealogy is associated with science fiction, a genre that has on occasion influenced space programs: Jules Verne's From the Earth to the Moon (1865), for instance, famously inspired NASA's Apollo programs. Film pioneers such as Georges Méliès and Fritz Lang created cinematic lunar voyages, and in the 1930s, surrealist artists such as Joseph Cornell, Salvador Dalí and Max Ernst explored the moonlit landscape as psychological allegory. Later, during the Cold War, superpowers on both sides of the Iron Curtain worked closely with artists to orchestrate and interpret the space race: Robert Rauschenberg, for example, was one of eight artists invited by NASA to witness Apollo 11, while artists in the Soviet Union played a central role in building the cult of the cosmonaut.
NATURE AND THE SWEDES.
Author: Hans Hellberg and Sven Ståhl
Country: Sweden
Language: English
Year Published: 1997
No. of pages: 60
Illustrations: 69 Color Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 9”x 8”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 9152004333
Biblio/Bio:
Code: 2950
Price: $26.50
Nature is an inextricable part of daily Swedish life. Swedes often visit the beaches, parks, forests whenever the opportunite arises, and they will definitely make time for outdoor play when the sun is shining. Swedes surely get the most out of their country’s abundant opportunities for relaxation and recreation. This wonderful guide exposes the close relationship that Swedes have with their natural surroundings - whether it be the endless forests, the mountains of the north, or the island worlds of the archipelagos. Also, the lovely photographs of Sweden’s rich landscape serve only to affirm the Swedish reverence for nature.
NATURLANDSKABER BORNHOLM (Natural Landscape: Bornholm).
Author: Weitze, Hans Jørgen
Country: Denmark
Language: Danish
Year Published: 1992
No. of pages: 40
Illustrations: 70 Color Illustrations. 11 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 10”x 8”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 8773204072
Biblio/Bio: Bibl. Index.
Code: 4241
Price: $23.50
A beautiful guide to the natural landscape of Bornholm, the gorgeous Danish island located directly south of Sweden. This wonderfully illustrated book delves into the geological history of the island, as well as the fascinating archaeological finds and medieval ruins that make this island a cultural and natural gem in the Baltic Sea.
ORCHIDS OF SCANDINAVIA/ SKANDINAVIENS ORKIDEER.
Author: Bent Johnsen
Country: Denmark
Language: Danish/ English
Year Published: 1994
No. of pages: 127
Illustrations: 51 Color Illustrations. 66 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound
Size: 9”x 13”
Weight: 3.00
ISBN: 8772455861
Biblio/Bio: Bibl. Bio. Index.
Code: 1169
Price: $125.00
Observing and painting orchids in the field, Bent Johnsen, an acclaimed and highly experienced botanical illustrator, has produced this scientifically correct and extremely lovely book dedicated to the half hundred species of orchids found in Scandinavia. This engaging work is suited both to those who are knowledgeable and to those with a layman’s interest in botany, as it contains scientific as well as personal experiences of orchid hunting.
PROCEEDINGS FROM THE WORKSHOP SPERM WHALE STRANDINGS IN THE NORTH SEA. The Event-The Action-The Aftermath Rømø, Denmark, 1998
Author: Tougaard, Svend, Carl Chr. Kinze, eds
Country: Denmark
Language: English
Year Published: 1999
No. of pages: 28
Illustrations: 13 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 11 1/2”x 8”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN:
Biblio/Bio:
Code: 5728
Price: $29.50
During the winter 1997/98 a large number of sperm whales stranded along the North Sea coast of the Untied Kingdom, the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark. The Fishery and Maritime Museum in Esbjerg and the Zoological Museum, and the University of Copenhagen arranged a workshop on how to handle sperm whale strandings from a practical, biological, educational and management related angle. The venue took place on May 26-27, 1998, at Kommandørgården, Rømø, Denmark and brought together experts from all North Sea countries. A summary of the sessions held during the workshop is provided here.