La rivoluzione eliocentrica
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Andreas Cellarius
Atlas Coelistis seu Harmonia Macrocosmica
The fascinating and mysterious celestial vault in the darkness of night, the alternating motions of the Moon and Sun, the circular motions of the stars and the way they are aligned, forming familiar, recognisable shapes: mankind has always been drawn to the sky and to explore its wonders. A realm of supernatural beings, but also a place of scientific research into the eternal laws of nature. The star atlas by the German astronomer and mathematician Andreas Cellarius, published in the Netherlands by Jan Jansson in 1660, is a testament to the advances in cosmology, with large etched, hand-coloured plates. It includes all the celestial systems known to exist at the time, from the Ptolemaic system, dating back to the second century AD, to the Copernican system and that of Tycho Brahe and his pupil Kepler. It depicts the constellations, both the classical ones featuring mythical figures and the ‘modern’ ones that were studied following the great voyages of discovery in the Southern Hemisphere.
The fascinating and mysterious celestial vault in the darkness of night, the alternating motions of the Moon and Sun, the circular motions of the stars and the way they are aligned, forming familiar, recognisable shapes: mankind has always been drawn to the sky and to explore its wonders. A realm of supernatural beings, but also a place of scientific research into the eternal laws of nature. The star atlas by the German astronomer and mathematician Andreas Cellarius, published in the Netherlands by Jan Jansson in 1660, is a testament to the advances in cosmology, with large etched, hand-coloured plates. It includes all the celestial systems known to exist at the time, from the Ptolemaic system, dating back to the second century AD, to the Copernican system and that of Tycho Brahe and his pupil Kepler. It depicts the constellations, both the classical ones featuring mythical figures and the ‘modern’ ones that were studied following the great voyages of discovery in the Southern Hemisphere.
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Two of the cosmological systems that demolished the geocentric model, i.e. the Ptolemaic system – and which then led to heliocentrism, i.e. a model with the Sun at the centre of the universe – are illustrated in this collection: the first system is the one developed by the Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus, while the second is the one by Tycho Brahe, a Dane who formulated an intermediate theory between the geocentric model and the heliocentric model. Subverting tradition, rejecting dogma in the light of advances in modern scientific thinking, was a real revolution, but many lost their lives in the process.
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Four plates chosen from the 1661 edition of the Atlas Coelestis by Cellarius kept at the National Central Library of Rome, reproduced in facsimile by the Officina Carte Valori del Poligrafico dello Stato (Security Printing Works of the State Mint and Polygraphic Institute) on special paper for art prints, in nine colours and with hot stamped gold retouching.
Each plate measures 59x48 cm.
The plates, which are carefully folded, are stored in an elegant slipcase (measuring 31x52 cm).
A commentary detailing the history of the Atlas, with a comprehensive description of the iconography of the plates, is also included.
Limited edition.
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