Extreme Nature!


Unknown, Great Fire at Boston, Nov. 9 & 10, 1872
"Nature’s extremes—remote, fantastical, and unpredictable—permeated artistic imagery and popular media throughout the nineteenth century. News outlets reported on natural disasters around the globe, researchers defined modern scientific fields, and authors like Jules Verne infused their adventure novels with technological experimentation. Newly founded journals, such as Scientific American and the French La Nature, detailed emerging scientific theories and speculated upon Earth’s origins and its position within the greater cosmos. Influenced in part by the prevalence of scientific inquiry in popular culture, artists also probed nature’s fundamental truths, examining everything from volatile weather patterns and the stars to the earth’s most cavernous depths. ..."
The Clark
The Clark: Audio Highlights (Audio)
The Clark: About - Image Gallery - Alluring Landscapes - Volatile Atmospheres - Extremes Imagined - Natural Disaster -Art and Popular Science
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