The Science of Clouds : Between Artistic Representation and Meteorological Phenomenon The cloud motif appears throughout the history of European painting. The present article is a study of the significance of clouds in 19th-century painting and more precisely in John Constable’s work, during a period of a growing interest in meteorology, at the time of its beginnings. As weather-related observations became more and more frequent, artists such as Constable participated in the phenomenon in which society as a whole developed a passion for weather reports. He was thus a pioneer and especially a paragon of a larger movement at the junction of science, philosophy and aesthetics. Indeed, a deliberate combination of picturesque rendering and obje...
Dutch landscape painting of the 17 century has gained a unique place in art history; for the first t...
International audienceThe winter scenesare at their optimum during the Dutch Golden Age. When one fo...
Weathering is a series of embroidered works that explore the symbolic and cartographic language of m...
International audienceThe XVIIth century Dutch painters represented several types of clouds before t...
Clouds have long been objects of fascination, although their taxonomy was only established by early ...
International audienceOn the Modifications of Clouds was published by Luke Howard in 1803; the book ...
William Wordsworth’s (1770-1850) ‘lonely as a cloud’ poem was conceived in April 1802 on a spring da...
Over the past decade, there has been an ever increasing interest in the relationship between weather...
Book synopsis: An extraordinary yet little-known scientific advance occurred in the opening years of...
The subject of the storm develops especially in French painting during the second half of the eighte...
Abstract During the French Renaissance, the climate expressed the mysteries of Nature and God's Will...
Während der Sommermonate der Jahre 1821 und 1822 ging der englische Landschaftsmaler John Constable ...
By referencing images and texts of selected nineteenth century artists and writers, I will elucidate...
See if it's raining. Effects of floods in French painting (1856-1910). In the second half of the 19...
La géologie connaît à partir de la fin du 18ème siècle un véritable essor dont les conséquences ne t...
Dutch landscape painting of the 17 century has gained a unique place in art history; for the first t...
International audienceThe winter scenesare at their optimum during the Dutch Golden Age. When one fo...
Weathering is a series of embroidered works that explore the symbolic and cartographic language of m...
International audienceThe XVIIth century Dutch painters represented several types of clouds before t...
Clouds have long been objects of fascination, although their taxonomy was only established by early ...
International audienceOn the Modifications of Clouds was published by Luke Howard in 1803; the book ...
William Wordsworth’s (1770-1850) ‘lonely as a cloud’ poem was conceived in April 1802 on a spring da...
Over the past decade, there has been an ever increasing interest in the relationship between weather...
Book synopsis: An extraordinary yet little-known scientific advance occurred in the opening years of...
The subject of the storm develops especially in French painting during the second half of the eighte...
Abstract During the French Renaissance, the climate expressed the mysteries of Nature and God's Will...
Während der Sommermonate der Jahre 1821 und 1822 ging der englische Landschaftsmaler John Constable ...
By referencing images and texts of selected nineteenth century artists and writers, I will elucidate...
See if it's raining. Effects of floods in French painting (1856-1910). In the second half of the 19...
La géologie connaît à partir de la fin du 18ème siècle un véritable essor dont les conséquences ne t...
Dutch landscape painting of the 17 century has gained a unique place in art history; for the first t...
International audienceThe winter scenesare at their optimum during the Dutch Golden Age. When one fo...
Weathering is a series of embroidered works that explore the symbolic and cartographic language of m...