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Chargement... Sphaerae Mundi: Early Globes at the Stewart Museum, Montrealpar Jean-Francois Gauvin
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. An excellent reference book on the vast antique globe collection of the Stewart Museum in Montreal, including Continental and English globes circa 1530s to 1850s, together with related atlases and works of art. The book focuses on globe making in the Netherlands, England, Germany, Italy, Sweden, and France, and also contains thought-provoking scholarly essays by Peter van der Krogt, who challenges the notion that medieval Europeans thought the earth was flat, and Robert Derome, who discusses globe stands and pictorial decorations from an art historical perspective. ( ) aucune critique | ajouter une critique
Advances in modern science and technology have made present-day terrestrial and celestial globes scientifically obsolete and aesthetically banal. From the Renaissance to the mid-nineteenth century, however, they were indispensable tools for the study of geography and astronomy. Beginning with an overview of early globes, the authors examine how the modern era in globe making, which began in Flemish and Dutch shops in the early seventeenth century, show how globe making spread throughout Europe, and explain how what were both decorative and scientific objects became symbols of power, universal knowledge, intellectual status, and personal vanity. Beginning with the collection's earliest globe, dated 1533, the authors introduce us to the life and works of some of the greatest Dutch, French, English, German, Italian, and Swedish globe makers. The 120 colour illustrations allow the reader to savour these rare and unusual works and include numerous detailed reproductions of both terrestrial and celestial map images. Sph©Œr©Œ Mundi charts developments and changes over three centuries of globe making, considering the globes as indicators of scientific advance and geographical exploration as well as artifacts and providing a unique opportunity to become familiar with these complex and beautiful objects. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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