News from a Changing Planet -- #26 -- Art in the Age of Air Pollution
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What if Impressionism wasn’t a revolution in artistic style so much as an accurate representation of light in the sulfur-filled skies of the Industrial Revolution? That is, more or less, the argument of a new paper about the effects of aerosol pollution on the painting styles of J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851) and Claude Monet (1840-1926) during the first several decades of the Industrial Revolution.
News from a Changing Planet -- #26 -- Art in the Age of Air Pollution
News from a Changing Planet -- #26 -- Art in…
News from a Changing Planet -- #26 -- Art in the Age of Air Pollution
What if Impressionism wasn’t a revolution in artistic style so much as an accurate representation of light in the sulfur-filled skies of the Industrial Revolution? That is, more or less, the argument of a new paper about the effects of aerosol pollution on the painting styles of J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851) and Claude Monet (1840-1926) during the first several decades of the Industrial Revolution.