The Climate Warnings in 19th Century Paintings.
A new exhibition that documents the impact of the Industrial Revolution features several 1800s artists, writers and thinkers as they began to capture the transformation of the environment.
Who knew what, and when, from the start of the 19th Century on, about the impact of industrialisation and the use of fossil fuels on the environment? A new exhibition at the Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens, just outside of Los Angeles, CA, USA, entitled Storm Cloud: Picturing the Origins of Our Climate Crisis, helps to trace the scientific, historical and artistic record back to the beginnings of the Industrial Revolution.
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[Sample pictures of various works of art are included in the article. Ed.]
Link to | The Climate Warnings in 19th Century Paintings.
[Interestingly, since the melting of Thwaites’ Glacier (the Doomsday Glacier) is concerning, there’s reference in the article to British scientist BH Thwaite (1858-1908), so here’s a link to his biography. Ed.]
Link to | BH Thwaite biography.
[Here’s a link to a page with a short (@3 min) BBC video on the glacier. Ed.]
Link to | Thwaites’ Glacier explanatory video.
[Here’s another link to a slightly longer (~13 min) PBS video about the glacier and about sea level rise. Ed.]
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