Article ID: CBB001551913

Heavenly Networks (2015)

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Gessner, Samuel (Author)


Nuncius: Annali di Storia della Scienza
Volume: 30, no. 1
Issue: 1
Pages: 75-95


Publication Date: 2015
Edition Details: Part of a Series: Iconography on Scientific Instruments
Language: English

The aim of this paper is to examine the iconography on a set of star charts by Albrecht Dürer (1515), and celestial globes by Caspar Vopel (1536) and Christoph Schissler (1575). The iconography on these instruments is conditioned by strong traditions which include not only the imagery on globes and planispheres (star charts), but also ancient literature about the constellations. Where this iconography departs from those traditions, the change had to do with humanism in the sixteenth century. This “humanistic” dimension is interwoven with other concerns that involve both “social” and “technical” motivations. The interplay of these three dimensions illustrates how the iconography on celestial charts and globes expresses some features of the shared knowledge and shared culture between artisans, mathematicians, and nobles in Renaissance Europe.

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Authors & Contributors
Long, Pamela O.
Feola, Vittoria
Leitão, Henrique
Zanetti, Cristiano
Behrmann, Carolin
O'Brien, Patrick
Concepts
Patronage
Crafts and craftspeople
Science and society
Scientific apparatus and instruments
Science and politics
Experimental method
Time Periods
16th century
17th century
Early modern
18th century
15th century
Renaissance
Places
Europe
France
England
United States
Netherlands
Spain
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