User:Maplestrip/Solar eclipses in art

Very few prehistoric depictions of solar eclipses have been found. Some experts{{who}} suggest this may be because solar eclipses were regarded as bad omens by many ancient civilizations, and Karl Kusserow of Princeton University said that rock carving was a laborious effort for drawing "the worst of all times." Within Norse mythology, solar eclipses were depicted as the wolves Sköll and Hati chasing the sun and moon across the sky. Within Chinese mythology, solar eclipses were depicted as a dragon devouring the sun.{{cite web|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/long-history-of-art-inspired-by-solar-eclipses-180984072/|work=Smithsonian Magazine|title=The Long History of Art Inspired by Solar Eclipses|last=Brandon|first=Elissaveta M.|date=2024-04-04}}

An Ancestral Puebloan petroglyph resembling a coronal mass ejection was discovered in Chaco Canyon in 1992. Archaeoastronomer Kim Malville connected the carving with the solar eclipse of July 11, 1097, which passed over the pueblos. The sun was at a maximum of its magnetic activity, which makes an occurrence of coronal mass ejection more likely. Malville suggested that this depiction would indicate a positive relationship with solar eclipses.{{cite web|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/does-new-mexico-petroglyph-represent-ancient-eclipse-180964542/|work=Smithsonian Magazine|title=This New Mexico Petroglyph Might Reveal an Ancient Solar Eclipse|last=Panko|first=Ben|date=2017-08-17}}

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The first successful photograph taken of a solar eclipse was that of the July 28, 1851 eclipse, taken by Julius Berkowski. Commissioned by the Royal Prussian Observatory at Königsberg, Berkowski used the "state of the art" daguerreotype process to capture the Sun's corona in contrast with the darkness of the Moon. Other photographers attempted to picture solar eclipses before, but failed due to the long exposure requirements of 19th-century photography.{{cite web|url=https://time.com/4883424/solar-eclipse-first-photo-taken/|work=Time Magazine|title=This Is the First-Ever Photo of a Total Solar Eclipse|last=Farber|first=Madeline|date=2017-08-11}}

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• {{cite web|url=https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsta.2015.0211|publisher=The Royal Society|work=Philosophical Transactions|title=Symbolism and discovery: eclipses in art|last=Blatchford|first=Ian|date=2016-09-28}}
• {{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/09/an-artists-view-of-an-eclipse/498548/|work=The Atlantic|title=How Artists Have Depicted Eclipses Across History|last=Boyle|first=Rebecca|date=2016-09-02}}
• {{cite web|url=https://www.americanscientist.org/article/the-art-and-science-of-solar-eclipses|work=American Scientist|title=The Art and Science of Solar Eclipses|last=Woo|first=Richard|date=July 2016}} (modern)
• {{cite web|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/508314a|work=Nature|title=Astronomy: Art of the eclipse|last1=Pasachoff|first1=Jay M.|last2=Olson|first2=Roberta J.M.|date=2014-04-16}}
• {{cite web|url=https://www.euronews.com/culture/2024/03/26/total-eclipse-of-the-art-how-the-disappearing-sun-has-long-captivated-the-creative-imagina|work=Euronews|title=Total eclipse of the art: How the disappearing sun has long captivated the creative imagination|last=Moore|first=Christian|date=2024-03-26}} (literature, pop culture, omens?)
• {{cite web|url=https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/nasa-eclipse-art|work=Atlas Obscura|title=NASA Artists Are Creating Eye-Popping Posters for the Eclipse|last=Kelly|first=Colleen|date=2024-03-28}}
• {{cite web|url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/2102055-solar-eclipses-heaven-sent-chance-to-mix-art-and-science/|work=New Scientist|title=Solar eclipses: heaven-sent chance to mix art and science|date=2016-07-24}} (very marginal use, clone of Phil Trans)
• {{cite web|url=https://www.nypl.org/blog/2017/08/17/total-eclipse-of-the-art|work=nypl.org|publisher=New York Public Library|title=Total Eclipse of the Art: Trouvelot and the 1878 Eclipse|last= Triplett|first= Kyle|date=2017-08-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210312065229/https://www.nypl.org/blog/2017/08/17/total-eclipse-of-the-art|archive-date=2021-03-12}} (1878, Trouvelot)
• {{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-ca-cm-eclipse-art-20170820-htmlstory.html|work=The LA Times|title=Solar eclipse: Artists turn to science in rendering the emotion of past eclipses|last=Bradner|first=Liesl|date=2017-08-19}} (2017 paintings)
• {{cite web|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90137206/700-years-of-art-inspired-by-eclipses|work=Fast Company|title=700 Years Of Art Inspired By Eclipses|last=Schwab|first=Katharine|date=2017-08-21}} (Princeton, 1918 Howard Russell Butler, 1500s Antoine Caron)
• {{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/17/arts/design/eclipse-painter-astronomer-.html|work=The New York Times|title=How Do You Paint an Eclipse? Work Fast in the Dark|last=Farago|first=Jason|date=2017-08-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170823050759/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/17/arts/design/eclipse-painter-astronomer-.html|archive-date=2017-08-23}} (1918 Butler)
• https://www.space.com/37806-solar-eclipse-art-by-howard-russell-butler.html (more Butler/Princeton)

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