Fire in the Sky: Comets and Meteors, the Decisive Centuries, in British Art and ScienceCambridge University Press, 13 nov. 1999 - 383 pagini Fire in the Sky collects many representations of comets and meteors in Britain during the eighteen and nineteenth century when a large number of works inspired by these celestial objects were produced. Over 100 photographs--and two sections of luscious color plates--beautifully portray the inspired output of some of the world's most talented artists, fully capturing the phenomenon that obsessed not only a nation but an era as well. Olson and Pasachoff reveal the many different ways that comets and meteors have appeared in paintings and literature and link these works to the achievements of British science in the wake of Newton and Halley. They also examine the different symbolism that writers and artists have attached to these spectacular objects. Throughout, Fire in the Sky conveys how the development of new technologies, and the burgeoning interest of the general public in science and art, dovetailed with an interest in nature and a strong literary tradition of comet and meteor symbolism. Beautifully illustrated and packed with engaging stories, this book will delight anyone with an interest in the art and astronomy of comets. |
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... period and / or the astronomy of comets . ROBERTA J. M. OLSON is professor of Art History and Mary L. Heuser Chair in the Arts at Wheaton College , Norton , Massachusetts . Her specialities , in which she has published widely , are ...
... period and / or the astronomy of comets . ROBERTA J. M. OLSON is professor of Art History and Mary L. Heuser Chair in the Arts at Wheaton College , Norton , Massachusetts . Her specialities , in which she has published widely , are ...
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... period in question , dovetailed with the inherent British interest in nature and a strong literary tradition of comet / meteor symbolism . Moreover , these trends were linked to the burgeoning interest of the general populace in science ...
... period in question , dovetailed with the inherent British interest in nature and a strong literary tradition of comet / meteor symbolism . Moreover , these trends were linked to the burgeoning interest of the general populace in science ...
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... period spanned by the book - including the Enlighten- ment and the Georgian and Victorian periods - could be termed the Golden Age of both British astronomy and art . In order to set the stage , we open with a discussion of the ...
... period spanned by the book - including the Enlighten- ment and the Georgian and Victorian periods - could be termed the Golden Age of both British astronomy and art . In order to set the stage , we open with a discussion of the ...
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... period , the age of the massive public exposition was inaugurated , includ- ing the first international Great Exhibition of 1851 , in which some of the earliest astronomical photographs were exhibited in Joseph Paxton's Crystal Palace ...
... period , the age of the massive public exposition was inaugurated , includ- ing the first international Great Exhibition of 1851 , in which some of the earliest astronomical photographs were exhibited in Joseph Paxton's Crystal Palace ...
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... period , allied with its archaeological and scientific quests and its interest in emotions and the imagination , led to profound explorations of these literary sources culminating in innovative illustrations . Our study exam- ines the ...
... period , allied with its archaeological and scientific quests and its interest in emotions and the imagination , led to profound explorations of these literary sources culminating in innovative illustrations . Our study exam- ines the ...
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Prelude The Beginning of Telescopic Astronomy and the Background of British Astronomy and Artistic Traditions | 17 |
The Heavens on Fire The Eighteenth Century | 37 |
The CometCrazed Century Opens | 109 |
The Triumph of Realism | 179 |
Donatis Comet the Watershed | 227 |
The Origin oAPPENDIX If Comet and Meteor Photography | 245 |
The Triumph of the Imagination | 263 |
Comets and the New Century | 309 |
Comets and the New Millennium | 317 |
Appendices | 331 |
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18 August Account apparition appeared Archives artist Astronomical Society Library black ink British Art British Museum brown ink Cambridge celestial Center for British century Charles Piazzi Smyth color comet's tail cometarium comets and meteors depicted Donati's Comet drawing earth engraving Figure fireball Gallery George graphite Greenwich Halley Halley's Comet heaven Ibid illustration inscribed John John Herschel Kronk light Linnell Linnell's London Martin meteor of 18 Meteor seen meteorites Monthly Notices Moon Newton nucleus observed October Olson orbit Oxford painting Pasachoff Paul Mellon Paul Mellon Collection Paul Sandby pen and black pen and brown Phil Philosophical Transactions photograph Piazzi Smyth planets plate portrait published Rowlandson Royal Astronomical Society Royal Observatory Edinburgh Royal Society sale cat Sandby satire Science Museum scientific Scott sketch solar symbolism telescope Thomas tion Trans Turner watercolor watercolor with pen William Blake William Herschel Yale Center York