Why aren't tornados represented in classical art?

by dtorre

Europe India and native America, All get tornados, but I've never seen art that depicts them. I imagine it was absolutely astonishing to people off those eras. But I've never seen them in classic art.

ThrowMeAwy1996

There's some discussion on native Americans and their interpretations and depictions of tornadoes on this old thread.

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todlee

There are multiple depictions of Krishna defeating Trinavarta, the whirlwind spirit

ca 1540 https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Krishna_defeats_Trinavarta.jpg

ca 1650 https://collections.lacma.org/node/237785