“Space Art – History, Perspective and Relevance in Astronautics Curriculum” A Study of Space Exploration Concept Synthesis Studio at University of Southern California
- Paper number
IAC-08.E1.4.102
- Author
Mr. Sanket Nayak, University of Southern California, United States
- Year
2008
- Abstract
From history dated back to the times of Renaissance, Art Nouveau and Industrial Revolution it has always been the case that artists and painters have come up with revolutionary concepts in the field of science and technology. If observed carefully and appreciated, a yester year’s artist’s painting or impression is today’s concept for scientists to work on and tomorrow’s technology developed by engineers. Leonardo Da Vinci did think of the concept of an airplane long before Wright Brothers actually designed it. Every draft of a space mission or mission concept of NASA, ESA or other space agencies is always accompanied by an artist’s impression for the space mission. An Artist’s Impression of a space mission is always more ambitious, conceptual, innovative and free from constraints than of most engineers and scientists. The idea of this paper is to outline the relevance of art or rather “Space Art” as an integral part of astronautics and space science curriculum in various educational institutions round the globe. This paper will also contain a study specific to the history and perspective of space art. The idea of writing this paper is to throw sufficient light on experimenting with Art included in curriculum for Astronautics and Space Technology studies at the University of Southern California. The experimentation and implementation of such an initiative, its philosophy and results will be thoroughly dealt with in this paper and thus the relevance of art as an integral part of curriculum would hence be justified.
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