Athanasius Kircher's theatre of the world : the life and work of the last man to search for universal knowledge /

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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المؤلف الرئيسي: Godwin, Joscelyn (مؤلف)

التنسيق: كتاب

اللغة: English

منشور في: Rochester, Vt. : Inner Traditions, c2009.

الموضوعات:

Kircher, Athanasius, > 1602-1680 > Criticism and interpretation.
Illustration of books > Germany > History > 17th century.
Illustrators > Germany > Biography.
Renaissance > Germany
Scholars > Germany > Biography.
Germany > Biography.

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رقم الطلب: CT1098 .K46 G63 2009

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جدول المحتويات:
  • 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.