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Athanasius Kircher's theatre of the world / Joscelyn Godwin.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: London : Thames & Hudson, 2015Edition: First paperback editionDescription: 304 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780500291740 (paperback)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 943.04092 GOD 22
Contents:
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.
Summary: "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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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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