Picturing the scientific revolution / Volker R. Remmert ; translated by Ben Kern.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Remmert, Volker R., 1966- author.

Contributor:

Kern, Ben, translator.

Series:

Early modern Catholicism and the visual arts series ; Volume 4.

Early Modern Catholicism and the Visual Arts Series ; Volume 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Scientific illustration--History--17th century.

Scientific illustration.

Science--Europe--History--17th century.

Science.

Illustration of books--Europe--History--17th century.

Illustration of books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Saint Joseph's University Press, 2011.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction: A Cross-Disciplinary Approach to Title Engravings

1.1 On the conceptual framework: mathematical sciences, legitimization, and visual communication

1.2 On pictures

1.3 Approaches to title engravings

1.4 Concluding remarks - What of the Scientific Revolution?

Chapter 2. Catholic Biblical Exegesis and the Origins of the Galileo Affair: The Engraved Title Page of Clavius's Opera mathematica (1612)

2.1 The established facts: 1610 to 1616

2.2 Christoph Clavius S.J. (1538-1612)

2.3 Catholic Biblical Exegesis between the Fourth Session of the Council of Trent in 1546, and 1616

2.4 Copernican Theory and Catholic Exegesis

2.5 "Sun, stand thou still": Anti-Copernican Biblical Exegesis and the Engraved Title Page of Clavius' Opera mathematica

2.6 Implications of the Interpretation

2.7 Conclusion

Chapter 3. The Dispute over the World Systems: Visualizations in the Copernican Debate of the 17th Century

3.1 Johannes Kepler and John Wilkins: variations of Brahe's "Quid si sic?"

3.2 Galileo and the reception of the iconography of the Dialogus de systemate of mundi of 1635

3.3 The Unity of Knowledge: Jesuit Worldviews

3.3.1 The Unity of Knowledge I: the Frontispiece of Chistopher Scheiner's Rosa ursina (1630)

3.3.2 The Unity of Knowledge II: the Frontispiece of Giovanni Battista Riccioli's Almagestum novum (1651)

3.4 In Conclusion: the world of title pictures, worldviews and symbols

Chapter 4. Visual Patterns of Legitimization: The Mathematical Sciences, War and Trade

4.1 The mathematical sciences and war

4.2 The visible context: the mathematical sciences and war

4.3 Visualizing Profit: the mathematical sciences and trade

4.4 Conclusion.

Chapter 5. The Visual Legitimization of Astronomy during the 16th and 17th Centuries: Atlas, Hercules and Tycho's Nose

5.1 Johannes Bayer's use of Atlas and Hercules

5.2 Atlas and Hercules: the story of an encounter

5.3 Tycho Brahe and the use of images

5.4 Brahe's legacy: Atlas and Hercules as representatives of the old and the new astronomy

5.5 Conclusion: newness, power and images

Chapter 6. Picturing the Founders: Inventing a Visual Tradition for Astronomy in the 17th Century

6.1 Tycho Brahe and the invention of a visual tradition for astronomy

6.2 One picture and three authors: Nicolaus Mulerius, Adriaan Metius and Philip Lansbergen

6.3 The heritage in the Netherlands: Andreas Cellarius and Jan Luyts

6.4 Conclusion: Pictures, migrating titles, traditions and meanings

Chapter 7. Lightheartedly Playing with Pictures: Jesuit Authors' Visual Patronage Strategies

7.1 Christoph Scheiner, and the art of visual homage

7.2 Mario Bettini: putting the garden of the mathematical sciences on the 'stage' of title pictures

7.3 Kaspar Schott: Princes and gardens

7.4 Francesco Eschinardi: playing with tradition and the usefulness of the 'palle'

7.5 Conclusion: books, pictures, and playfulness in the garden

Chapter 8. Concluding Observations

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Bibliography

List of Figures

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-945402-10-5

OCLC:

958582011