John Constable’s Skies: A Fusion of Art and Science

Wednesday 10th October 2018 11:00AM – 11:00AM
Location/Venue: Parish Church Sidmouth EX10 8LG

John Constable is arguably the most accomplished painter of English skies and weather of all time.

For Constable, the sky was the keynote, the standard of scale and the chief organ of sentiment in a landscape painting. But how far did he understand the workings of the forces of nature which created his favourite cumulus clouds, portrayed in so many of his skies? And were the skies he painted scientifically accurate?

In this lucid and accessible talk, John Thornes provides a meteorological framework for reading the skies of landscape art.

John E. Thornes is an Emeritus Professor in the School of Geography and Environmental Sciences at the University of Birmingham.

The event is supported by the Arts Society Sidmouth and is free.