Raphael and his workshop, Italian, 1483–1520, Isaac and Rebecca Spied upon by Abimelech, 1518–19, Fresco, Loggia, Vatican Palace

Antoine Caron, French, 1521–1599, Dionysius the Areopagite Converting the Pagan Philosophers, 1570s, Oil on panel, The J. Paul, Getty Museum, 85.PB.117

Honoré Daumier, L'éclipse sera-t-elle totale ? , 1871

Paul Nash, Eclipse of the Sunflower, 1945 - Courtesy British Council Collection

Alma Thomas, American, 1891–1978, The Eclipse, 1970, Acrylic on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, gift of the artist, 1978.40.3

Roy Lichtenstein, American, 1923–1997, Eclipse of the Sun, 1975, Oil and Magna on canvas

随着时间的推移，人们对于日食这种自然现象的态度，从恐慌、崇敬，到严肃、惊喜，经历了各种时代。而艺术家在描绘这一场景的时候，也会将自己心中的主题——例如对大自然的崇拜、对社会的诉求、或者对悲欢离合的慨叹，借助日食在作品中的出现而传达出去。而巴特勒在这一众中独树一帜，他严谨而科学的日食画，是人类探索宇宙的宝贵资料。从他创作他的第一幅日食画到现在，已经过去了99年；而如今美国大日食来了，你是否有一睹其风采呢？