Closure threats to museums in the north of England represent a cultural crisis that will hide art treasures from view and distort our collective historyJoseph Wright of Derby’s portray A Philosopher Lecturing on the Orrery may look familiar to you. It often appears on book covers,regularly flashes up in TV documentaries, and with advantageous reason. No portray captures the wonder of science better.
Adults and children are gathered by candlelight around a brass model of the solar system, or learning approximately astronomy from some unknown Brian Cox of the 18th-century Midlands. Painted in approximately 1766,it is a defining image of the Enlightenment and one of the greatest works of art ever created in Britain. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com