Capturing Transient Effects
Rachael DeLue, Joshua Winn, Richard Woo, Rolf Sinclair
September 28, 2017 · 5:30 pm—6:30 pm · 101 McCormick Hall
Princeton University Art Museum
Art historians and scientists explore how art can decipher fleeting natural events and defy the limits of vision, in conjunction with the exhibition Transient Effects: The Solar Eclipses and Celestial Landscapes of Howard Russell Butler. Speakers include Rachael DeLue, Art and Archaeology; Joshua Winn, Astrophysics; Richard Woo, California Institute of Technology; and Rolf Sinclair, Centro de Estudios Científicos, Chile, and University of Maryland. A reception in the Museum will follow.
