‘National Geographic’ On View

 At Allentown Art Museum

‘NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC’ ON VIEW AT ALLENTOWN ART MUSEUM

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ALLENTOWN, PENN. — The Allentown Museum of Art presents “National Geographic: The Art of Exploration,” on view through May 25 in the Kress and Rodale galleries.

Artists play a major role in making National Geographic the magazine that it is — a colorful, carefully researched guide to the world. For more than a century, gifted illustrators have accompanied explorers and archaeologists to the far corners of the earth and to the depth of the oceans in search of historical and scientific realities. Their stunning images bring the reader to places where one can never venture, recreating long lost civilizations of the ancient past and proposing unknown journeys that may lie ahead.

Here, in more than 100 original works selected from the thousands commissioned and published by this venerable publication, artists serve as guides to the universe. Paintings bursting with color, excitement and information reveal the wonders of nature, the glory of civilizations that flourished and faded so long ago and the outer reaches of our solar system.

The Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Mass., organized the exhibition.

The Allentown Art museum is at 31 North 5th Street. For information, www.allentownartmuseum.org or 610-432-4333.