Environment & Sustainability: Can Impressionist art teach us about climate change?
At the end of the 19th century European artists started venturing out of their studios to paint outdoors from life in natural light. In their works they documented nature as it was then along with some of the causes of the environmental challenges we are witnessing today.
100 Works That Tell the Story of the Climate is a project that highlights climate change through Impressionist art at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris and 12 regional museums around France. It includes talks, tours and workshops on the environmental themes evoked by the artworks and relevant to the participating museums’ region, such as deforestation, loss of biodiversity, pollution and the use of fossil fuels.
The project’s curator told Radio France Internationale “climatologists are aware that facts and figures don’t always drive home the urgency of the environmental message – and that's where art and culture come into the picture.”
Environment & Sustainability: Can Impressionist art teach us about climate change?
At the end of the 19th century European artists started venturing out of their studios to paint outdoors from life in natural light. In their works they documented nature as it was then along with some of the causes of the environmental challenges we are witnessing today.
100 Works That Tell the Story of the Climate is a project that highlights climate change through Impressionist art at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris and 12 regional museums around France. It includes talks, tours and workshops on the environmental themes evoked by the artworks and relevant to the participating museums’ region, such as deforestation, loss of biodiversity, pollution and the use of fossil fuels.
The project’s curator told Radio France Internationale “climatologists are aware that facts and figures don’t always drive home the urgency of the environmental message – and that's where art and culture come into the picture.”
Environment & Sustainability: Can Impressionist art teach us about climate change?
At the end of the 19th century European artists started venturing out of their studios to paint outdoors from life in natural light. In their works they documented nature as it was then along with some of the causes of the environmental challenges we are witnessing today.
100 Works That Tell the Story of the Climate is a project that highlights climate change through Impressionist art at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris and 12 regional museums around France. It includes talks, tours and workshops on the environmental themes evoked by the artworks and relevant to the participating museums’ region, such as deforestation, loss of biodiversity, pollution and the use of fossil fuels.
The project’s curator told Radio France Internationale “climatologists are aware that facts and figures don’t always drive home the urgency of the environmental message – and that's where art and culture come into the picture.”
