A Rainbow of Science and Art.
LOCATION
Clore Auditorium
Millbank
London
SW1P 4RG
United Kingdom
The Weather Arts and Music Special Interest Group of the Royal Meteorological Society are working in partnership with Tate through the Aspire programme to host the one of our regular Saturday national events.
Using the rainbow in Constable's ‘Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows’, as a starting point; this year’s event will examine the role of weather in art, poetry and dance and review the latest rainbow science and how best to photograph a rainbow and other optical effects.
Through the Aspire programme Constable’s 'Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows' exhibited 1831, was secured for the British public though the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Manton Foundation, Art Fund (with a contribution from the Wolfson Foundation) and Tate Members.
Aspire is a five-year partnership project between five partner institutions supported by Art Fund, and by National Lottery players through the Heritage Lottery fund. Each partner has displayed the work in the context of their collection, alongside an inspiring programme of activities enabling audiences of all ages to enjoy and learn more about the work of John Constable.
The work is currently on display at the Scottish National Gallery, Constable and McTaggart: A meeting of two masterpieces until 25 March 2018, before going on display at Tate Britain in May 2018.
As part of Tate’s In Focus series, a number of essays were commissioned on ‘Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows’ to disseminate research on the science and culture surrounding of its significance. There is a theory that the rainbow was added at a later date – John Thornes’ essay backs this hypothesis by re-examining the solar geometry of the rainbow in the painting and suggesting that it represents a rainbow that could have occurred (in theory not in reality) on the day his best friend Archdeacon John Fisher died.
The Weather Arts and Music Special Interest Group of the Royal Meteorological Society are working in partnership with Tate through the Aspire programme to host the one of our regular Saturday national events.
Using the rainbow in Constable's ‘Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows’, as a starting point; this year’s event will examine the role of weather in art, poetry and dance and review the latest rainbow science and how best to photograph a rainbow and other optical effects.
Through the Aspire programme Constable’s 'Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows' exhibited 1831, was secured for the British public though the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Manton Foundation, Art Fund (with a contribution from the Wolfson Foundation) and Tate Members.
Aspire is a five-year partnership project between five partner institutions supported by Art Fund, and by National Lottery players through the Heritage Lottery fund. Each partner has displayed the work in the context of their collection, alongside an inspiring programme of activities enabling audiences of all ages to enjoy and learn more about the work of John Constable.
The work is currently on display at the Scottish National Gallery, Constable and McTaggart: A meeting of two masterpieces until 25 March 2018, before going on display at Tate Britain in May 2018.
As part of Tate’s In Focus series, a number of essays were commissioned on ‘Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows’ to disseminate research on the science and culture surrounding of its significance. There is a theory that the rainbow was added at a later date – John Thornes’ essay backs this hypothesis by re-examining the solar geometry of the rainbow in the painting and suggesting that it represents a rainbow that could have occurred (in theory not in reality) on the day his best friend Archdeacon John Fisher died.