Light painting is a technique used in both art and science that involves taking long-exposure photographs while moving some kind of light source—a small flashlight, perhaps, or candles or ...

Photographs making invisible air pollution visible have sparked discussion around the impact of air pollution on communities ascross the globe. Researchers and artists have joined forces to 'paint ...

The ugly truth is that, if you could see the quality of the air you breathe in many places, you wouldn’t go outside. But it’s important to highlight the insidious presence of air pollution. Recently, ...

Feb. 4 (UPI) --Smoggy air during the Industrial Revolution may have contributed to the creation of impressionism, inspiring painters such as J.M.W. Turner and Claude Monet to develop new painting ...

If you study science — and I haven’t since high school, so bear with me — you probably understand that correlation is not the same as causation. Just because two phenomena seem to be connected doesn’t ...

Claude Monet is well known for his 1901 painting of London's Charing Cross Bridge. A new study says the hazy contours may have been inspired by air pollution.

Claude Monet was “terrified.” He looked outside and saw a scene across the London landscape that worried him: no fog, clear skies. “Not even a wisp of mist,” he wrote in a letter on March 4, 1900, to ...

Trees can shield historical monuments and artwork from damage by air pollution, according to research at a villa built in Rome during the Italian Renaissance. Particulate matter emitted from car ...