A Solar Eclipse Painting from the 1700s
Painting Credit: Cosmas Damian Asam; Digital Image Copyright: Jay Pasachoff
Explanation: The above painting was completed in 1735 by Cosmas Damian Asam, a painter and architect famous in early eighteenth century Germany. Clearly drawn is not only a total solar eclipse, but the solar corona and the diamond ring effect visible when sunlight flows only between mountains on the Moon. The person depicted viewing these eclipse phenomena is St. Benedict. Roberta J. M. Olson and Jay Pasachoff have hypothesized that Asam himself may have seen first hand one or all of the total solar eclipses of May 1706, 1724, and 1733.
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16 comments:
Interesting painting. I'm more interested in the elaborate frame. hehe....
a great work of art!
happy ww!
It's beautiful, thank you for the explanation.
Happy WW and take care!
Cool. Do you have any idea where the original hangs?
ellen, I don't know I'll look into it...
Everyone thanks for commenting! I really appreciate it. :)
I find eclipses very fascinating. That painting is an interesting work of art.
You may find my WW here.
That's an interesting conversation between art and science, Mary. That's quite a painting.
How cool. Of course I didn't know this either. What a great choice for WW Teach. Have a wonderful WW. :)
Very nice painting. I don't think I'd want it in my home, but a museum is a great place for it!
Happy WW/WT! Mine us UP for Wednesday already. I too old to be getting it ...
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that is a very interesting painting...but the history lesson you provided was very valuable...thank you teach!!!
Wow, it never ceases to amaze me how mush scientific knowledge and art talent was around back in the 1700's. Love it. Happy WW!
what a beautiful shot for WW. Beautiful!
WOW! I ♥ both, the painting an dthe frame =)
Great painting - it's interesting to see how folks observed things in the past.
I can't stop staring at the frame...
I think that painting is really amazing!
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