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Further adventures of the celestial sleuth [[electronic resource] ] : using astronomy to solve more mysteries in art, history, and literature / / by Donald W. Olson



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Autore: Olson Donald W Visualizza persona
Titolo: Further adventures of the celestial sleuth [[electronic resource] ] : using astronomy to solve more mysteries in art, history, and literature / / by Donald W. Olson Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018
Edizione: 1st ed. 2018.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 334 pages) : illustrations (some color), photographs (some color)
Disciplina: 808.80358
Soggetto topico: Astronomy
Observations, Astronomical
Astronomy—Observations
Fine arts
Physics
Literature, Modern—18th century
Literature, Modern—19th century
Popular Science in Astronomy
Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
Fine Arts
History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
Eighteenth-Century Literature
Nineteenth-Century Literature
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
Nota di contenuto: Preface -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Part I: Astronomy in Art -- Chapter 1: Monet in London, J. M. W. Turner, and Ford Madox Brown -- Chapter 2: Monet in Étretat, Édouard Manet, and Vincent van Gogh -- Chapter 3: Caspar David Friedrich, Canaletto, and Edvard Munch -- Chapter 4: Monet in Le Havre: Origins of Impressionism -- Chapter 5: VJ Day Times Square Kiss, and Ansel Adams in Alaska -- Part II: Astronomy in History -- Chapter 6: Braveheart and the Battle of Stirling Bridge, the Discovery of the Ring Nebula, and the 1913 Great Meteor Procession -- Chapter 7: World War II and the Korean War -- Part III: Astronomy in Literature -- Chapter 8: Literary Skies Before 1800 -- Chapter 9: Literary Skies After 1800 -- Part IV: The Terrestrial Sleuth -- Chapter 10: J.M.W. Turner and the Great Western Railway, and John Everett Millais and an Ancient Oak -- Index.
Sommario/riassunto: From the author of "Celestial Sleuth" (2014), yet more mysteries in art, history, and literature are solved by calculating phases of the Moon, determining the positions of the planets and stars, and identifying celestial objects in paintings. In addition to helping to crack difficult cases, these studies spark our imagination and provide a better understanding of the skies. Weather archives, vintage maps, tides, historical letters and diaries, military records and the assistance of experts in related fields help with this work. For each historical event influenced by astronomy, there is a different kind of mystery to be solved. How did the changing tides affect an army's battle plans? How did the phases of the moon affect how an artist painted a landscape? Follow these exciting investigations with a master “celestial sleuth” as he tracks down the truth and helps unravel mysteries as far back as the Middle Ages and as recent as the iconic 1945 photograph of a kiss in Times Square on VJ Day. Topics or "cases" pursued were chosen for their wide public recognition and intrigue and involve artists such as Vincent van Gogh and Claude Monet; historical events such as the campaigns of Braveheart in Scotland, battles in World War II and the Korean War; and literary authors such as Chaucer, Cervantes, Shakespeare, Byron, and Edgar Allan Poe.
Titolo autorizzato: Further Adventures of the Celestial Sleuth  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 3-319-70320-X
9783319703206
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910300539703321
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Serie: Popular Astronomy, . 2626-8760