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Celestial Sleuth : Using Astronomy to Solve Mysteries in Art, History and Literature / / by Donald W. Olson
| Celestial Sleuth : Using Astronomy to Solve Mysteries in Art, History and Literature / / by Donald W. Olson |
| Autore | Olson Donald W |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (368 p.) |
| Disciplina | 520 |
| Collana | Popular Astronomy |
| Soggetto topico |
Astronomy
Astronomy—Observations Arts Astronomy, Observations and Techniques Popular Science in Astronomy |
| Soggetto genere / forma | History |
| ISBN | 1-4614-8403-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Part I Astronomy in Art -- Van Gogh’s Lost Night Sky -- Van Gogh’s “Moonrise (Wheat Stacks) -- Van Gogh’s Starry Nights -- Edvard Munch and the Blood-Red Sky of “The Scream” -- Edvard Munch’s “Girls on the Pier” -- Edvard Munch’s Starry Nights -- Monet in London -- Monet’s “Impression, Sunrise” -- The Moonrise Photographs of Ansel Adams -- Canaletto’s Night Festival Paintings of Venice -- The Night Skies of J. M. W. Turner -- Part II Astronomy in History -- The Moon and the Marathon -- Julius Caesar’s Invasion of Britain -- The Boston Tea Party -- Paul Revere’s Midnight Ride -- Lincoln and the Almanac Trial -- Lincoln and the Leonids -- Stonewall Jackson’s Fatal Full Moon -- John Muir and Moonbows -- World War II – Pearl Harbor and the Waning Moon -- World War II: The Tide at Tarawa -- World War II: D-Day in Normandy -- World War II: “I’ll Met by Moonlight” – The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis -- What’s a Blue Moon -- Did the Moon Sink the Titanic? -- Part III Astronomy in Literature -- Chaucer – Moon, Tides, and “The Franklin’s Tale” -- Chaucer – Lunar Motion in “The Merchant’s Tale” -- Identifying a Meteor in James Joyce’s “Ulysses” -- William Blake’s “The Tiger” -- False Dawn in the “Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam”. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910300384103321 |
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| New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Further adventures of the celestial sleuth : using astronomy to solve more mysteries in art, history, and literature / / by Donald W. Olson
| Further adventures of the celestial sleuth : using astronomy to solve more mysteries in art, history, and literature / / by Donald W. Olson |
| Autore | Olson Donald W |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2018.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 334 pages) : illustrations (some color), photographs (some color) |
| Disciplina | 808.80358 |
| Collana | Popular Astronomy |
| Soggetto topico |
Astronomy
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 |
| ISBN |
3-319-70320-X
9783319703206 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910300539703321 |
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Olson Donald W
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| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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