Saints and Sinners in the Sky: Astronomy, Religion and Art in Western Culture
“Ever wonder how religion and art became forces of imagination on our night skies? Or how the night skies became forces of imagination on our religion and art? In this brilliant study of constellations and culture, Michael Mendillo, professor of astronomy at Boston University, reveals that the canop...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2022, 2022
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Edition: | 1st ed. 2022 |
Series: | Popular Astronomy
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Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Part 1: ARTISTIC ASTRONOMY AND RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY
- Chapter 1. Astronomical Constellations and How to Portray Them
- Chapter 2. New Players, New Roles
- Chapter 3. The Schiller Enterprise
- Chapter 4. The Christianized Zodiac of the Northern Hemisphere
- Chapter 5. The Christianized Zodiac of the Southern Hemisphere
- Chapter 6. Responses
- - Theological and Astronomical
- Part 2: ASTRONOMY IN CHRISTIAN ART
- Chapter 7. Pagan Constellations in Christian Art
- Chapter 8. Beyond Constellations: Astronomical Components in Religious Art
- Part 3: CONSTELLATIONS IN SECULAR ART AND ARCHITECTURE
- Chapter 9. Rubens and Astronomy
- Chapter 10. Constellation-Art Connections in Multi-Media
- Chapter 11. Constellations as Decorative Architecture
- Chapter 12. Modern Art and the Many Themes of Constellations
- Chapter 13. Astronomical Stars of Modern Art