CiNii 図書 - Fire in the sky : comets and meteors, the decisive centuries, in British art and science

Comets and meteors are spectacular and awe-inspiring natural phenomena, which are among nature's most compelling icons. Since the beginning of 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 than any other country. The development of new technologies, and the burgeoning interest of the general public in science and art, dovetailed with the inherent British interest in nature and a strong literary tradition of comet and meteor symbolism. This beautifully illustrated book examines the link between these works and the achievements of British science in the wake of Newton and Halley. This book will be stimulating to anyone interested in the art or astronomy of comets.

Introduction
1. Prelude: the beginning of telescopic astronomy and the background of British astronomy and artistic traditions
2. The heavens on fire: the eighteenth century
3. The comet-crazed century opens
4. The triumph of realism
5. Donati's comet, the watershed
6. The origin of comet (and meteor) photography
7. The triumph of the imagination
8. Comets and the new century
Epilogue: comets and the new millennium
Appendices
List of illustrations
Bibliography
Index.

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