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A Philosopher Lecturing on the Orrery is a painting by Joseph Wright of Derby depicting a lecturer giving a demonstration of an orrery to a small audience. The painting broke with tradition in depicting the awe produced by scientific "miracles", while previous artistic depiction of such wonder was reserved for religious events. It is in the permanent collection of the Derby Museum and Art Gallery.Painting: Joseph Wright of Derby

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"awe" . . . really ?

I'm sorry, but I do not see "awe" reflected in any of the faces (unless my definition of "awe" is off) as mentioned in the second paragraph.

What I see is "curiosity;" which is not the same thing.

Or am I missing something?

Just curious. 2600:8800:784:8F00:C23F:D5FF:FEC4:D51D (talk) 01:33, 29 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]