Athanasius Kircher's theatre of the world : the life and work of the last man to search for universal knowledge /
"A major study of both the written and pictorial work of a neglected genius whose breadth of interest made him the last Renaissance man."--Provided by publisher.
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Language: English
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Rochester, Vt. :
Inner Traditions,
c2009.
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Call Number: CT1098 .K46 G63 2009
Table of Contents:
- Prologue: Interesting times
- Kircher's life and work : an overview
- Frontispieces
- The illustration of Kircher's works
- Antiquity misread
- Antiquity preserved
- Antiquity imagined
- Naturalia : fire and water
- Naturalia : air and earth
- Music
- Machines of past and present
- Machines : magnetic and optical
- Maps and plans
- Exotica
- Images of the gods
- Didactic images
- Athanasius Kircher's writings.