Art of or inspired by eclipses
Eclipse by Call Number: Sherman Art Library; Stacks N6537.T78 A4 1999bISBN: 9783775708982Publication Date: 2000Published to commemorate the event of the solar eclipse on 11 August 1999, for which James Turrell has created a new Skyspace, The Elliptic Ecliptic, in Tremenheere, Cornwall. The Gazing Engine has been composed by Paul Schütze in response to this Skyspace and Eclipse. Edited by Michael Hue-Williams. Texts by Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Robert Solso.
Music
- Occultation : for solo trumpet, solo horn and ensemble : part three from "sonic eclipse" byCall Number: Stacks M985.P58 S63 2010Publication Date: 2010For horn, trumpet, flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, contrabassoon, trombone, percussion, harp, piano and strings. Duration approximately 8:00. Performance note in German and English.
- Yaroslavna : (eclipse) : ballet in three acts, op. 58, 1974 byCall Number: Stacks M1520.T57 I37 2012ISBN: 9785737906443Publication Date: 2012
Documentaries and film
- Black suns : an astrophysics adventure byCall Number: Jones Media Center DVD ; 21109Publication Date: 2017Black Suns is a documentary about chasing eclipses and science dreams that chronicles the lives of two globe-trotting astrophysicists, Dr. Alphonse Sterling and Dr. Hakeem Oluseyi, as they follow the two solar eclipses that occurred in 2012. Follow Alphonse and Hakeem as they travel across three continents, praying for clear skies and hoping to capture the elusive totality of the "Black Sun".--IMDB.com.
- The eclipse: courtship of the sun and moonThis French silent film was created in 1907. This romance, by director Georges Melies, features an astronomer and his class who witness a solar eclipse, presented as a meeting of the sun and the moon with various planets and meteors in attendance. Watch this through the Dartmouth Libraries.
- Judy BerlinDavid Gold returns to the home of his parents in Babylon, Long Island after having failed as a Hollywood director. He meets up with an old high school classmate, Judy Berlin, who is about to set off for California and has dreams of making it big as an actress. The two of them spend the day walking around Babylon during a total solar eclipse revisiting the past and wondering about the future and their families and friends. Check out the DVD from the Dartmouth Libraries.
- Little Shop of HorrorsA skid row flower shop employs a nerdy attendant who unwittingly buys a man-eating plant, which appeared during a solar eclipse, that asks to be fed. Stream this through Swank through the Dartmouth Libraries.