About this project
The IAAA is the only organization in the entire world dedicated to creating and promoting the genre of Space Art. Though Space Art has been around for just over a hundred years, there has never been a book that tells the story of the history of Space Art, how it came to be, how it has grown to be perhaps the most influential genre of art ever.
Now there is. The IAAA has written a comprehensive history of Space Art that covers every detail of the movement, from the first works of art that began depicting the objects in the sky to the streams of digital data coming back from space probes in orbit around planets in our solar system. Every facet of Space Art is thoroughly described and displayed, from hardware to cosmic expressionism, from digital art to sculpture, from Earth to the most distant objects in deep space.
Titled "The Beauty of Space", the book is 10x8 in size with over 200 full color images in 180 pages in 11 chapters written by the members of the IAAA. The Foreword of the book was written by Apollo 12 Astronaut - and the only artist to ever walk on the surface of another world - Alan Bean.
Your donation will help defray the costs of printing and distributing the book. Hopefully, with enough sales, The Beauty of Space will be distributed widely to various venues such as museum and planetarium gift stores nation and world wide.
The IAAA Board of Directors: Dirk Terrell (President), Jon Ramer (Vice President), Don Dixon, Dan Durda, Robin Hart, BE Johnson, and Pat Rawlings
Special Mention: Former President Kara Szathmary
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This project successfully raised its funding goal on September 15, 2011.
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You will receive via e-mail five spectacular space art images from the book for your computer to use as wallpaper.
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You will receive via e-mail a PDF of excerpted chapters of the book in addition to the five wallpaper images.
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You will get your very own soft cover copy of The Beauty of Space mailed to you plus the PDF and wallpaper images.
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You will get your very own hard cover copy of The Beauty of Space mailed to you plus the PDF and wallpaper images.
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Your soft cover copy of The Beauty of Space will be autographed by at least ten artist members of the IAAA on their artwork in the book, plus PDF and wallpaper images.
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You will receive a hard cover copy of the book autographed by at least ten artists plus your name on the Supporter’s page in the book as well as the PDF and wallpaper images.
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You will receive a hard cover copy of the book autographed by at least ten artists plus your name on the Supporter’s page in the book, the PDF and wallpaper images, plus three 10 x 8 poster prints of artwork from the book, each of which will be autographed by the artist.
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You will receive a special limited edition oversized 13 x 11 hard cover copy of the book autographed by at least ten artists plus your name on the Supporter’s page in the book, the PDF and wallpaper images, plus three 13 x 11 poster prints of artwork from the book, each of which will be autographed by the artist. Also, your book will have an *original* work of space art painted directly in the book.
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You will receive a special limited edition oversized 13 x 11 hard cover copy of the book autographed by at least fifteen artists plus your name on the Supporter’s page in the book, the PDF and wallpaper images, plus FIVE 13 x 11 poster prints of artwork, two of which will not be from the book, all of which will be autographed by the artist. Also, your book will have an *original* work of space art painted directly in the book AND your book will be personally autographed by Apollo 12 Astronaut Alan Bean.
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The International Association of Astronomical Artists is the world's largest guild of artists dedicated to creating Space Art. With over 130 members in a dozens countries, the IAAA is the vanguard of artistic expression about mankind's greatest adventure, the exploration of space.
