Sujet

Urania, the Muse of Astronomy, weighing and comparing systems of the universe, 1651 Artist: Unknown

Légende

Urania, the Muse of Astronomy, weighing and comparing systems of the universe, 1651. She is depicted giving greater weight to Tycho Brahe's system, right, than to that of Copernicus. Ptolemy's system is discarded at her feet. From Almagestum Novum by Giovanni Battista Riccioli. (Bologna, 1651).
Oxford Science Archive

Date

1651

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images

Notre référence

HRM19B65_267

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,0Mo (4,0Mo) / 28,7cm x 43,7cm / 3384 x 5161 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Italien pays la science croyance astronomie peser univers endroit siècle ange concept mythologie polémique B&W comparaison MONOCHROME 17e siècle putto théorie muse noir et blanc noir et blanc B W Oxford Science Archive engraving Allegory Unknown Claudius Ptolemy Claudius of Ptolemaeus Ptolemy Claudius Nicolaus Giovanni Battista Tycho Tycho Brahe Brahe Nicolaus Copernicus Copernicus Giovanni Battista Riccioli Riccioli engraving Allegory