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The Ghost of Galileo
In a Forgotten Painting from the English Civil War
Buch von J L Heilbron
Sprache: Englisch

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The appearance of Galileo's Dialogue in a forgotten painting launches John Heilbron's exploration of science and culture in Stuart England, and its deep connections with continental Europe. Ranging across art history, politics, and religion, he unravels the painting's mysteries, setting its sitters and painter against their rich cultural backdrop.
The appearance of Galileo's Dialogue in a forgotten painting launches John Heilbron's exploration of science and culture in Stuart England, and its deep connections with continental Europe. Ranging across art history, politics, and religion, he unravels the painting's mysteries, setting its sitters and painter against their rich cultural backdrop.
Über den Autor
John Heilbron is Professor of History and the Vice Chancellor Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley, as well as an Honorary Fellow of Worcester College, Oxford. He writes about the history of the physical sciences and their wider cultural context from the 17th to the 20th centuries, and has published the definitive biography of Galileo (OUP, 2010), as well as The History of Physics: A Very Short Introduction (OUP, 2018), and Niels Bohr: A Very Short Introduction, (OUP, 2020) . Heilbron's work has won several prizes and brought him honorary doctorates from multiple universities.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Preface

  • 1: Galileo's Europe

  • 2: Stuart Religions

  • 3: The King and his Lawyer

  • 4: Cultural Threads

  • 5: Heavens Above

  • 6: Medicine and Melancholy

  • 7: The Painter

  • 8: Oxford at War

  • 9: The Image

  • Postscript

  • Bibliography

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Genre: Kunst
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Kunstgeschichte
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9780198861300
ISBN-10: 0198861303
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Heilbron, J L
Hersteller: Hurst & Co.
Maße: 241 x 165 x 38 mm
Von/Mit: J L Heilbron
Erscheinungsdatum: 13.01.2021
Gewicht: 1,135 kg
Artikel-ID: 118866847
Über den Autor
John Heilbron is Professor of History and the Vice Chancellor Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley, as well as an Honorary Fellow of Worcester College, Oxford. He writes about the history of the physical sciences and their wider cultural context from the 17th to the 20th centuries, and has published the definitive biography of Galileo (OUP, 2010), as well as The History of Physics: A Very Short Introduction (OUP, 2018), and Niels Bohr: A Very Short Introduction, (OUP, 2020) . Heilbron's work has won several prizes and brought him honorary doctorates from multiple universities.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • Preface

  • 1: Galileo's Europe

  • 2: Stuart Religions

  • 3: The King and his Lawyer

  • 4: Cultural Threads

  • 5: Heavens Above

  • 6: Medicine and Melancholy

  • 7: The Painter

  • 8: Oxford at War

  • 9: The Image

  • Postscript

  • Bibliography

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Genre: Kunst
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Kunstgeschichte
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9780198861300
ISBN-10: 0198861303
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Heilbron, J L
Hersteller: Hurst & Co.
Maße: 241 x 165 x 38 mm
Von/Mit: J L Heilbron
Erscheinungsdatum: 13.01.2021
Gewicht: 1,135 kg
Artikel-ID: 118866847
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