Surface Views
As technologies advanced, the Moon shifted from a subject of wonder and speculation to one of direct scientific study. Drawings, prints, and photographs carefully recorded its craters, shadows, mountains, and seas. Artists and scientists collaborated to visually document the lunar surface, producing works that transformed observation into knowledge and reshaped how we view our celestial neighbor.

The Moon

Copernicus

Observation of the Moon

Lunar Planisphere, Hypothetical Oblique Light

The Moon

Full Moon

Lunar Photograph, South Pole