Week 9: Space and Art

Space has always been something that I thought I would never be able to intellectually grasp. After listening to the lectures I don't feel any different. The simple volume of space is something that is so enormous I can't imagine the scale. The power of ten video compare the size of the universe a cell on the human body which I felt was difficult to understand.

http://images.fastcompany.com/upload/eames_fastcompany.jpg

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bc/Interstellar_film_poster.jpg

Space in Art is most obviously connected in popular culture in science-fiction. The amount of space movies and comics that have been printed have very high numbers. Besides Star Wars one of the most recent works of Art that I have seen was Christopher Nolan's "Interstellar". Most of the science fiction movies have a lot of elements that could be brushed off as just fiction. Interstellar uses laws and physics that are very real. The theory that time moves faster in certain gravity fields was illustrated very clearly in the movie.

During the space race during the Cold War the United states showed their how impressive we could be. The space race spurred a curiosity about new technologies and showed how capable the United States is. Winning the Race to the moon was an event that kept the American People faithful and excited in the United States.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/Apollo_17_Cernan_on_moon.jpg

Resources:

EamesOffice. "Powers of Ten™ (1977)." YouTube. YouTube, 26 Aug. 2010. Web. 28 May 2016 

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fKBhvDjuy0>.

Uconlineprogram. "8 Space Pt1 1280x720." YouTube. YouTube, 29 July 2013. Web. 28 May 2016. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZIqTR332l8>.

Uconlineprogram. "8 Space Pt2 1280x720." YouTube. YouTube, 29 July 2013. Web. 28 May 2016. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLZMDpoP-u0>.

Uconlineprogram. "8 Space Pt3 1280x720." YouTube. YouTube, 29 July 2013. Web. 28 May 2016. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WOqt_C55Mk>.

Uconlineprogram. "Space Pt4." YouTube. YouTube, 30 May 2012. Web. 28 May 2016. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5ClKO6AJPo>.