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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... recorded time , they have mesmerized people , not least among them artists and astronomers . Britain during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries produced a larger number and greater variety of representations of comets and meteors ...
... recorded time , they have mesmerized people , not least among them artists and astronomers . Britain during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries produced a larger number and greater variety of representations of comets and meteors ...
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... recorded time , they have mesmerized peo- ple , not least among them artists and astronomers . Their fascina- tion stemmed not only from the fact that their appearances seemed to violate what was perceived as the proper , elegant order ...
... recorded time , they have mesmerized peo- ple , not least among them artists and astronomers . Their fascina- tion stemmed not only from the fact that their appearances seemed to violate what was perceived as the proper , elegant order ...
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... recording the sky , which in turn encouraged them to include comets and meteors in their works . Artists who concentrated on landscape focused on meteorology as well , and after 1700 utilized the watercolor medium in which these ...
... recording the sky , which in turn encouraged them to include comets and meteors in their works . Artists who concentrated on landscape focused on meteorology as well , and after 1700 utilized the watercolor medium in which these ...
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... recorded by Sandby and others . Certainly the English predisposition to genre subjects , whose rise was accompanied by that of the commercial middle class to a dominant position in the social hierarchy , also created a context for the ...
... recorded by Sandby and others . Certainly the English predisposition to genre subjects , whose rise was accompanied by that of the commercial middle class to a dominant position in the social hierarchy , also created a context for the ...
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... recorded European history ( Chinese documents record it 28 times ) . There are a number of comet concepts and comet terms , which will be helpful in reading this book . The point of a comet's orbit closest to the sun is known as ...
... recorded European history ( Chinese documents record it 28 times ) . There are a number of comet concepts and comet terms , which will be helpful in reading this book . The point of a comet's orbit closest to the sun is known as ...
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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