Abstract
In pursuing his cloud studies, John COnstable saw himself acting as a systematic scholar of nature. His repeated dealing with atmospheric phenomena conditioned him view them as idealized visual objects, rather than subject of documentary realism. His expectations rather than observations informed his atmospheric art, making his skies represent emotional indexes of purity and grandeur, tools of spatial imaginaries, sources of solemn light and mood, vehicles of aesthetic spark, incarnations of Englishness.
| Translated title of the contribution | Truth in Atmosphere: Reading Constable's Skies |
|---|---|
| Original language | French |
| Pages (from-to) | 41-49 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Revue de l'Art |
| Volume | 210 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Publication status | Published - 12 Dec 2020 |
Keywords
- Art history
- John Constable
- English History
- History of Science
- Atmosphere
- Painting