Astronomy: Art of the eclipse

@article{Pasachoff2014AstronomyAO,  title={Astronomy: Art of the eclipse},  author={Jay M. Pasachoff and Roberta J. M. Olson},  journal={Nature},  year={2014},  volume={508},  pages={314-315},  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:4454354}}
As the next solar eclipse approaches, Jay M. Pasachoff and Roberta J. M. Olson ponder how artists from the early Renaissance onwards have interpreted the phenomenon. 

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