1.1 Inspirational moons
What do you think is the main cultural significance of (a) the Moon and (b) other moons? What is your favourite Moon-inspired song, musical composition or artwork and why?
Figure _unit5.2.2 Figure 2 Vincent van Gogh, The Starry Night, 1889, painted in Europe and showing a C-shaped crescent, so this must be pre-dawn, not the evening sky. Or did van Gogh get it wrong?
Just for fun, we created a moons-inspired Spotify playlist here. Unsurprisingly, most music relates to the Moon alone, rather than to any of the others. You can enjoy the playlist and contribute your own selections by joining Spotify.