Nasa/Art: 50 Years of Exploration

by James D. Dean and Bertram Ulrich

Artists, like astronauts, are constantly probing into the unknown. It is fitting that, shortly after the establishment of NASA in 1958, the NASA Art Program was created on the principle that artists are uniquely equipped to interpret and document the experience of space exploration. In the program's early years, artists as diverse as Robert Rauschenberg, Andy Warhol, Norman Rockwell, and James Wyeth participated. Over time, the Art Program has commissioned...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810972875
• ISBN13: 9780810972872
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 2.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.7" x 13.2"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary