Athanasius Kircher's theatre of the world / Joscelyn Godwin.
Material type: TextPublisher: London : Thames & Hudson, 2015Edition: First paperback editionDescription: 304 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780500291740 (paperback)
- 943.04092 GOD 22
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Originally published: 2009.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
"A major study of both the written and pictorial work of a neglected genius whose breadth of interest made him the last Renaissance man."
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