Teaching Gallery: Astronomy 191

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Teaching Gallery: Astronomy 191
White Gallery, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

These images have been selected for Astronomy 191 students as information resources for their semester-long project. While some may have tangential relationships to astronomy or space exploration, these works of art were chosen not because they relate specifically to a particular course topic, but because they express a complex set of ideas with a clear message in a cogent manner.

Works of art

John Willenbecher (born 1936), New Year's drawing
New Year's drawing
John Willenbecher
1966
Alex Ebel (1923–2013), N.Y. to Frisco: Minutes by Rocket
N.Y. to Frisco: Minutes by Rocket
Alex Ebel
circa 1953
Chesley K. Bonestell (1888–1986), “The children laughed at the way everyone’s hair stood on end. The stewardess explained that this was caused by the gravitational pull of the moon.”
“The children laughed at the way everyone’s hair stood on end. The stewardess explained that this was caused by the gravitational pull of the moon.”
Chesley K. Bonestell
1950
Lewis Wickes Hine (1874–1940), Accidents: And so They Pay with a Maimed Life
Accidents: And so They Pay with a Maimed Life
Lewis Wickes Hine
circa 1915
Guerrilla Girls (active 1985–present), Women in America earn only 2/3 of what men do. Women artists earn only 1/3 of what men artists do.
Women in America earn only 2/3 of what men do. Women artists earn only 1/3 of what men artists do.
Guerrilla Girls
1985
Guerrilla Girls (active 1985–present), Do women have to be naked to get into the Met. Museum?
Do women have to be naked to get into the Met. Museum?
Guerrilla Girls
1989
Luis Alfonso Jimenez (1940–2006); Lawrence Lithography Workshop (active 1998–2001), El Buen Pastor (The Good Shepherd)
El Buen Pastor (The Good Shepherd)
Luis Alfonso Jimenez, Lawrence Lithography Workshop
1999
Richard Basil Mock (1944–2006), Kansas
Kansas
Richard Basil Mock
1999