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Investigating art, history, and literature with astronomydetermining time, place, and other hidden details linked to the stars /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Investigating art, history, and literature with astronomyby Donald W. Olson.
Reminder of title:	determining time, place, and other hidden details linked to the stars /
Author:	Olson, Donald W.
Published:	Cham :Springer International Publishing :2022.
Description:	xviii, 336 p. :ill. (some col.), digital ;24 cm.
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
Subject:	Astronomy
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95554-0
ISBN:	9783030955540$q(electronic bk.)

Investigating art, history, and literature with astronomydetermining time, place, and other hidden details linked to the stars /
Olson, Donald W.

Investigating art, history, and literature with astronomydetermining time, place, and other hidden details linked to the stars /[electronic resource] :by Donald W. Olson. - Cham :Springer International Publishing :2022. - xviii, 336 p. :ill. (some col.), digital ;24 cm. - Springer-Praxis books in popular astronomy,2626-8779. - Springer-Praxis books in popular astronomy..

Chapter 1. Astronomy Software, Learning About Locations, Sunlight and Shadows, and Weather Archives -- Chapter 2. Letters, Almanacs, Timetables, and Foreign Languages -- Chapter 3. Research Trips, Method of Corresponding Days, and Timekeeping -- Chapter 4. Vermeer and Monet: Masters of Sunlight and Shadows, and the Moon in J. M. W. Turner's First Oil Paintings -- Chapter 5. Georgia O'Keeffe's Night Skies, and Kawase Hasui's Nocturnal Scenes in Japan -- Chapter 6. The Campaigns of Alexander the Great, and King John and the Loss of the Crown Jewels -- Chapter 7. Mont Saint-Michel in the Hundred Years War, and the Discovery of the Gegenschein -- Chapter 8. The Moon and the Death Valley '49ers, Roosevelt and Churchill at Marrakech, and World War II and the Moon -- Chapter 9. Chaucer, Shakespeare, and Longfellow -- Chapter 10. Death Valley, Dante's View, and Mount Whitney.

How can shadows determine the date and time of a painting by Johannes Vermeer? How did the Moon and tides cause the loss of King John's crown jewels? In his newest book, Professor Olson, author of Celestial Sleuth and Further Adventures of the Celestial Sleuth, explores how astronomical clues can uncover fascinating new details about art, history, and literature. He begins with an accessible introduction to amateur "celestial sleuthing," showing how to use your astronomical knowledge, software, archives, vintage maps, historical letters and diaries, military records, and other resources to investigate the past. Follow along as Professor Olson then explores twenty real-world cases where astronomy has helped answer unresolved questions or correct longstanding interpretations about an event. Examples involve artists such as Vermeer, Monet, and O'Keeffe; the historical exploits of Alexander the Great, the desert travels of the Death Valley '49ers, and a meeting between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill in Marrakech; and literary works by Chaucer, Shakespeare, and Longfellow. Packed with dozens of full-color illustrations, this book will enrich your knowledge of the past and equip you with all the tools you'll need to become a celestial sleuth yourself. "Many people have a passion for art, or world history, or great literature, or even astronomy - but seldom in all these things at once. This remarkable book by Donald Olson of Texas State University will put you in touch with such seemingly unrelated endeavors. It will open your eyes and broaden your mind as little else could." Roger W. Sinnott, Sky & Telescope.

ISBN: 9783030955540$q(electronic bk.)

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-030-95554-0doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

252518
Astronomy

LC Class. No.: QB44.2 / .O57 2022

Dewey Class. No.: 520

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