Universe: Exploring the Astronomical World

Explore the stars and planets and beyond through art over the ages – an international panel of experts take you on a journey through man's record of the universe – from ancient cave paintings to animation. 

In Universe: Exploring the Astronomical World 300 images appear throughout, offering an experience like that of visiting a world-class art gallery, and are reproduced beautifully well and on high-caliber paper stock. The choice of imagery is really splendid, ranging from ancient texts to early astronomical photographs to a splattering of recent artwork, to of course many important images of the cosmos from recent decades. The captions accompanying each image are lengthy enough to convey a real sense of information and drama.

Its treasures will keep it out on your browsing table for a long time to come!

Published by Phaidon, 2017