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Thunderbolts and lightning

Fire in the sky has always exerted a hold on our imagination, even as early scientists unlocked the secrets of atmospheric electricity.

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Dazzling luxury

As the 20th century dawned, both elite and masses basked in the marvellous and unearthly glow of the new electric illumination.

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Documents of my breath

Swati Joshi’s childhood bronchitis meant that she couldn’t imagine being able to breathe easily. As an adult, she chronicles her recovery through artworks created using bubbles and her breath.

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Domestic titans

Feeling trapped by the idea that an impenetrable carapace of space trash could surround the planet, Elvia Wilk turned to thoughts of the new worlds still to be revealed here on Earth.

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  • Aurora Borealis. Coloured wood engraving by C. Whymper.
  • Aurora Borealis. Coloured wood engraving by C. Whymper.
  • Aurora and Cephalus. Etching by P. Aquila, 167-, after Annibale Carracci.
  • Aurora and Cephalus. Etching by P. Aquila, 167-, after Annibale Carracci.
  • Aurora and Apeliotes. Engraving by J. Sadeler after M. de Vos.
  • Aurora [Eos]. Engraving by G.H. Frezza, 1704, after P. de Petris after F. Albani.
  • Astronomy: a diagram of a suggested explanation of the Aurora Borealis. Lithograph after Sir J. Ross.
  • Astronomy: the Aurora Borealis, with a reindeer-drawn sledge in the foreground. Coloured wood engraving by C. Whymper.
  • Astronomy: the Aurora Borealis, with pine trees in the foreground. Colour process print after by M. Raebel, 1909.
  • Aurora medicorum Galeno-chymicorum: seu, de recta purgandi methodo e priscae sapientiae decretis postliminio in lucem reducta, & medicamentis purgantibus simplicibus, compositisque tam veterum, quam neotericorum & chymiatrorum libri IV selectis observationibus et ... remediis ... referti / [Johann Freitag].
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