Pop-up Exhibit: Eclipse & Revelation: Total Solar Eclipses in Science, History, Literature, and the Arts

Eclipse & Revelation: Total Solar Eclipses in Science, History, Literature, and the Arts

March 12th
Noon – 2 p.m.
Earth Sciences & Map Library, 50 McCone Hall
Location change: 308A Doe Library (inside of the Art History/Classics Library on the 3rd floor of Doe)

In collaboration with the Earth Sciences & Map Library, Art History/Classics Library, Art History and Astronomy departments, this pop-up exhibit will feature maps and materials inspired by the April 8, 2024 Total Solar Eclipse and “Eclipse & Revelation,” a newly published book by Henrike Lange which shows total solar eclipses from the interdisciplinary perspectives of the sciences, arts, humanities, history, and theology.

Join us to explore the representation of eclipses through maps, images, music, and film.

More information, see the event calendar, https://events.berkeley.edu/Library/event/239296-eclipse-revelation-total-solar-eclipses-in, and the online guide: https://guides.lib.berkeley.edu/mapsandmore/eclipse2024

Eclipse book cover

Eclipse & Revelation: Total Solar Eclipses in Science, History, Literature, and the Arts
Edited by: Henrike C. Lange and Tom McLeish

Exhibit organizers:
Henrike C. Lange, Associate Professor, History of Art department
Lynn Cunningham, Art Librarian
Sam Teplitzky, Open Science Librarian