Illustrating the Phaenomena

Name: Illustrating the Phaenomena
Brand: Oxford University Press
SKU: 9780199609697
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Celestial cartography in Antiquity and the Middle Ages

Autor: Elly Dekker

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Vydavateľ: Oxford University Press

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The introduction of the moving sphere as a model for understanding the celestial phenomena caused a...

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Autor

Elly Dekker

Jazyk

Angličtina

Väzba

Kniha - Pevná

Vydalo

2012

Stránok

478

EAN

9780199609697

ISBN

0199609691

Enbook ID

04533980

Vydavateľ

Oxford University Press

Hmotnosť

1230

Rozmery

196 x 253 x 29

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The introduction of the moving sphere as a model for understanding the celestial phenomena caused a great breakthrough in scientific thinking about the structure of the world. It provided the momentum for making celestial globes and mapping the stars. Celestial globes were produced first by Greek astronomers, and soon became greatly appreciated in antiquity as decorative objects (3 antique globes). The design and construction of the globe varied greatly as it passed through the Arabic (10 scientific globes made before 1500) and Medieval European cultures (3 scientific globes made before 1500). It was the starting-point for the design of many maps in antiquity and later in the Middle Ages (33) serving to illustrate books such as Aratus's Phaenomena. In the early fifteenth century scientific celestial maps (5) were constructed in their own right, independent of globes. In this book all extant celestial maps and globes made before 1500 are described and analysed in detail. This prestigious study will appeal to academic historians of science and astronomy, and art historians alike.

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