Cultural climatology and the representation of sky, atmosphere, weather and climate in selected art works of Constable, Monet and Eliasson

Geoforum

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 570-580

  Thornes, John E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cultural climatology; Visual literacy; Visual turn; Weather forecasts

Indexed keywords

ART; CLIMATOLOGY; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; SYMBOLISM; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; VISUALIZATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 39849095064     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2006.10.015     Document Type: Article

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