Storm Cloud: Environment, Empire, and the Arts in the Industrial Age

Name: Storm Cloud: Environment, Empire, and the Arts in the Industrial Age | The Huntington
Start: Fri, Nov 1 2024
Location: The Huntington

Event

This conference will explore the relationship between humans and the natural world throughout the 19th century, as charted in the work of writers and visual artists. As industrialization altered landscapes and people’s lives, developing sciences offered revelations about Earth and the interconnected fragility of the climate and our species.

Organized in conjunction with the exhibition “Storm Cloud: Picturing the Origins of Our Climate Crisis,” on view through Jan. 6, 2025, this interdisciplinary conference will explore the changing relationship between the human and non-human natural world over the course of the long 19th century, as charted in the work of writers and visual artists. As industrialization altered both landscapes and people’s daily lives, developing sciences such as geology, meteorology, and ecology offered revelations about the age of Earth, the interconnectedness of species, the fragility of climate, and the possibility of extinction.

Funding provided by the Dibner Research Fellow and Exhibition Endowment.

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