Weather and Culture – The Art of Weather

George Cruikshank’s A Tailor in a High Wind

Author By Ava Zielinski '25
Categories: 19th Century, Europe, Mead Art Museum, Print, Weather and Culture, Weather and People, Wind

A stylized depiction of a man holding an infant, facing into a strong wind, with their garments—including his wig—soaring into the air. The expressions on their faces show shock and horror.

The Dresden Codex Facsimile

Author By Ellerman Mateo Mateo '25
Categories: 11th Century, Book, Central America, Climate, Frost Library Archives, Rain, Storm, Weather and Culture, Weather and Destruction

Two masked figures convene around a pedestal, one holding a headless bird

Satō Shintarō’s Shinkoiwa, Katsushika-ku (Snow)

Author By Harrison Lundy '25
Categories: 21st Century, Asia, Climate, Mead Art Museum, Photograph, Snow, Weather and Culture, Weather and the Built Environment

Dense three and four-story white and yellow buildings fill most of the image in an incongruous pattern, with snow-covered roofs. In the background, several bridges cross a river, and three skyscrapers dot the far skyline under a dark night sky.

Yoruba Shango Staff

Author By Patience Kum '25
Categories: Africa, Mead Art Museum, Sculpture, Storm, Weather and Culture, Weather and People

Carved wooden ceremonial staff featuring a female figure holding a gourd beneath a double-headed axe symbol.

Thomas Cole’s The Present

Author By Emma Curley '28
Categories: 19th Century, Mead Art Museum, North America, Painting, Sun, Weather and Culture, Weather and Time

Ruins of a medieval castle are illuminated by sunset. A shepherd with his flock stands in the sun surveys the ruin

Thomas Cole’s The Past

Author By Carlin Chazen '25
Categories: 19th Century, Mead Art Museum, North America, Painting, Sun, Weather and Culture, Weather and Time

A cheerful summers day viewed from the trees on high, looking down upon a castle yard where a crowd watches a joust