Fauxscape

Since its emergence from the domination of history painting in the 16th century, landscape art rose to high fashion in the 19th century and back to such relative obscurity that now the indexes of many art history books do not list it.

Leaving Earth - Not leaving Earth

In the 20^th Century the ambition to control nature and even to leave the confines of Earth were initially inspired by science but subsequently challenged by uncertainty over the unintended consequences of technology. 

Weather

     "We live submerged at the bottom of an ocean of air"

            Evangelista Torricelli 1608 – 1647