Andreas Cellarius, Harmonia Macrocosmica - Reviews
"Atlas himself might feel a slight twinge in lifting the Harmonia Macrocosmica, an enormous, gorgeous reproduction of the 1660 atlas of the heavens created by the Dutch-German cosmographer Andreas Cellarius. At 21 by 12.6 inches, its proportions are roughly those of a large end table. But you`ll probably want to set it on a standing pedestal, the better to pore over the 29 double-page plates, depicting in bold colors and elegant draftsmanship the competing views of the master astronomers, from Ptolemy to Tycho Brahe to Copernicus. After lingering over Ptolemy`s obsolete visions (complete with the four basic elements—earth, air, fire, and water), turning the heavy pages to reveal Copernicus`s radical, nearly perfect rendering of the universe just might evoke an audible gasp. Here, finally, is our familiar home: a beneficent solar disc at the center, radiating warmth into and beyond the Earth, which looks like a modern desk-top globe and orbits the Sun in views representing the four seasons. Harmonia, indeed."Men's Vogue, New YorkUnited States |
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"Traumreise: Die Sammlung von Himmelsatlanten des Kosmographen Andreas Cellarius beflügelt die Phantasie. 29 spektakuläre handkolorierte Karten von Kopernikus und Ptolemäus, 1660 veröffentlicht, nun als Reprint mit fundierter Einleitung von Robert van Gent."Wohn! Design, StuttgartGermany |
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Andreas Cellarius, Harmonia Macrocosmica
van Gent, Dr. Robert
Hardcover, 32 x 53 cm (12.6 x 20.9 in.), 240 pages $ 150.00 ISBN: 978-3-8228-5290-3 Multilingual Edition: English, French, German Availability: Not in Stock |
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Cellarius' Celestial Inheritance
Sky and Telescope, United States, May 01, 2007
Sky and Telescope, United States, May 01, 2007
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