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Title: |
The Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomena VI
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Volume: |
441
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Year: |
2011
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Editors: |
Enrico Maria Corsini
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Synopsis: |
These are the proceedings of the international conference “The Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomena VI” celebrating the 400th anniversary of Galileo's first use of the telescope. The conference was organized by the Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, the Astronomy Department of the University of Padua, the INAF-Astronomical Observatory of Padua, and the Vatican Observatory. The conference explored humanity’s fascination with the sky, which has been a strong and often dominant element in human life and culture. The conference provided a meeting place for scholars from a variety of disciplines to discuss their studies on the cultural impact of astronomical phenomena and for artists to present their astronomically-inspired artworks. The first day was devoted to Galilean contributions, then on subsequent days the conference focused on the relationships between astronomy and art, architecture, literature, religion, history, music, and movies. The sections of the book reflect the conference sessions. Since 2009 was declared by the United Nations as the “International Year of Astronomy” to celebrate Galileo's accomplishments, it seemed the appropriate time to hold a conference where the results of the most recent studies investigating
the role of astronomy in the multiple manifestations of human spirit could be aired. The previous conferences devoted to the inspiration of astronomical phenomena took place in 1994 in a retreat at Rocca di Papa in Italy,
near the Vatican Observatory; in 1999 at the International Office of the University of Malta; in 2001 at the Palermo Observatory in Italy; in 2003 at the University of Oxford; and in 2005 at the Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum in Chicago. This book is of interest for scholars, students, and artists fascinated by the interplay between astronomy and culture.
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ISBN: |
978-1-58381-762-9
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eISBN:
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978-1-58381-763-6
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Paper Title |
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Authors |
Front Matter |
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Volume Cover |
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Front Matter |
1 |
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Conference Photos |
2 |
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Session I. Galileo and His Age |
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Galileo and Bellarmine |
3 |
Coyne, S.J., G. V. |
A Telescope Inventor's Spyglass Possibly Reproduced in a
Brueghel's Painting |
13 |
Molaro, P.; Selvelli, P. |
Elsheimer, Galileo, and The Flight into Egypt |
23 |
Howard, D.; Longair, M. S. |
The Enigmatic Face of the Moon |
31 |
Galles, C. D.; Gallagher, C. J. |
The Telescope: Outline of a Poetic History |
37 |
Stocchi, M. P. |
Galileo Reader and Annotator |
43 |
Besomi, O. |
Music in Galileo's Time |
55 |
Petrobelli, P. |
Galileo and Music: A Family Affair |
57 |
Fabris, D. |
Galileo as a Patient |
73 |
Thiene, G.; Basso, C. |
Galileo Through a Lens: Views of His Life and Work on
Stage and Screen |
85 |
Perkowitz, S. |
The Long View: Light, Vision, and Visual Culture
After Galileo |
89 |
Wells, G. N. |
A Never Ending Story: The Pontifical Commission on the Galileo Case: A Critical Review\footnotemark |
99 |
Sánchez de Toca, M. |
Session II. Astronomy and Art |
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Padua and the Stars: Medieval Painting and Illuminated Manuscripts |
111 |
Canova, G. M. |
The Palazzo della Ragione in Padua:
Representation and Communication of Art, Architecture, and Astrology
of a Civic Monument |
131 |
Borgherini, M.; Garbin, E. |
Transient Astronomical Events as Inspiration Sources
of Medieval and Renaissance Art |
139 |
Incerti, M.; Bònoli, F.; Polcaro, V. F. |
The Church of San Miniato al Monte, Florence:
Astronomical and Astrological Connections |
151 |
Shrimplin, V. |
Piero della Francesca's Sky in The Dream of Constantine |
161 |
Valerio, V. |
Giorgio Vasari and the Image of the Hour |
169 |
Gahtan, M. W. |
Scripture in the Sky: Jeremias Drexel, Julius Schiller, and the
Christianizing of the Constellations |
181 |
Mendillo, M.; Shapiro, A. |
Celestial Phenomena and Royal Glory: The Painted
Ceiling in Ehrenstrahlsalongen by David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl at
Drottningholm Palace in Sweden |
197 |
Söderlund, I. E. |
Blinded by the Light: Solar Eclipses in Art–Science, Symbolism,
and Spectacle |
205 |
Olson, R. J. M.; Pasachoff, J. M. |
Man, Controller of the Universe |
217 |
Olowin, R. P. |
Cosmic Thing: Astrology, Space Science, and Personal
Cartography in Robert Rauschenberg's Autobiography |
221 |
Carey, C. L. |
Modern Earthworks and Their Cosmic Embrace |
225 |
Hatch, J. G. |
Silence |
235 |
Cogswell, J. |
From Earth to Sky: (Observations of) a Transformation |
245 |
Feinberg, E. A. |
The Cosmic Labyrinth |
253 |
Atkinson, M. |
The Astronomical Paintings of Fred Bendheim |
259 |
Bendheim, F. |
Two Dimensions |
261 |
Nadler, G. |
Art and Astronomy |
263 |
Crighton-Lyon, L. |
Session III. Astronomy and Music |
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Big Bang Circus |
269 |
Ambrosini, C. |
uniVERSE: A Thought Symphony |
279 |
Schwartz, G. |
Session IV. Astronomy and Literature |
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Poetry of the Stars |
289 |
Boitani, P. |
The Hands of the Pleiades: The Celestial Clock in the
Classical Arabic Poetry of Dhū al-Rumma |
311 |
Adams, W. B. |
The Alphabet and the Sky |
317 |
Lebeuf, A. |
Astronomy as an Episodic but Critical Element in Literature |
327 |
Sinclair, R. M. |
From the Satellites of Jupiter to Lost Time: Galileo, Proust, and the Demise of the Paris Meridian |
333 |
Garwood, D. |
Sacred Sky and Cyberspace |
343 |
Clynes, F. |
Session V. Astronomy and Religion |
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The Discovery of the Regular Movements of Celestial Bodies and the Development of Monotheism in the Ancient Near East |
353 |
Lanfranchi, G. B. |
Massartu: The Observation of Astronomical
Phenomena in Assyria (7th Century BC) |
361 |
Fales, F. M. |
Tot Graeci Tot Sententiae: Astronomical Perspective
Multiplicity in Ancient Greece |
371 |
Longo, O. |
Cicero's Cosmos: Somnium
Scipionis (“The Dream of Scipio”) |
375 |
Miller, N. |
The Milky Way: Path to the Empyrean? |
387 |
Harris, L. |
Israel's Quadrant: Weeping, Laughing, and the Measures of the Stars |
393 |
Locci, A. A. |
Astronomical Phenomena that Influenced the
Compilation of Anno Domini |
399 |
Rothwangl, S. |
Session VI. Astronomy and Inspiration |
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Substances of the Ancient Cosmology |
409 |
Simonia, I.; Simonia, T. |
Enchantment and the Awe of the Heavens |
415 |
Campion, N. |
Seeing is Believing–Astronomy and Contemporary Art Forms |
423 |
Mooney, J. D. |
Galileo: A Reverie |
435 |
Impey, C. |
From Failure to Symbol of Astronomical Discovery: The Inspiring
Story of the Hubble Space Telescope |
443 |
Nota, A. |
Finding Inspiration in the Face of Endangered Starry Skies |
451 |
Moore, C. A.; Richman, A. M.; Chamberlain, V. D. |
Going Public |
461 |
Krupp, E. C. |
The Haus der Astronomie in Heidelberg–A New Center for
Education and Outreach |
471 |
Staude, J. |
Communicating Astronomy to School Children Through Art |
479 |
Ortiz-Gil, A.; Collado, M. G. |
Annotations of a Public Astronomer |
483 |
Adamo, A. |
Session VII. Astronomy and History |
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Astronomical Significance of Ancient Monuments |
487 |
Simonia, I. |
Three Worlds of the Megalithic Observatory Kokino |
495 |
Cenev, G. |
Lunar Observations and Their Usefulness for Chronology |
503 |
Gautschy, R. |
Sirius Rising 139 AD: Hadrian, Tivoli, and the
Tazza Farnese |
509 |
Aakhus, P. L. |
Saving the Phenomena in Medieval Astronomy |
519 |
Seeskin, K. |
Suns of Gold and Other Precious Items: Heavenly Phenomena
Presented in 15th Century Manuscripts of the Heidelberg
University Library |
525 |
Bien, R.; Zimmermann, K. |
Stars, Manuscripts, and Astrolabes–The Stellar
Constellations in a Group of Medieval Manuscripts between Latin
Literature and a New Science of the Stars |
533 |
Metzger, W. |
Doctor and Hobby Astronomer in Stormy Times:
The Book Legacy of Dr. Johannes Häringshauser (1603-1642) |
543 |
Davison, G. |
Athanasius Kircher: The 17th Century Science
at the Crossroads |
547 |
Buonanno, R. |
Author Index |
557 |
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Back Matter |
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Back Matter |
560 |
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