Moon Art

In this brisk but sweeping tour of lunar imagery, art critic Aline B. Saarinen offers a poetic consideration of the moon’s significance across time and cultures. Tracing this symbolism from the Roman goddess Diana to the Japanese myth of the moon rabbit, Saarinen presents a spellbinding survey of mythological associations that illustrates how people have always sought to understand the moon’s mysterious powers. This curious short film, originally meant to be televised during the first moon landing on July 20, 1969, never aired.