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Decoding astronomy in art and architecture / / Marion Dolan
| Decoding astronomy in art and architecture / / Marion Dolan |
| Autore | Dolan Marion |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (356 pages) |
| Disciplina | 704.943 |
| Collana | Springer-Praxis books in popular astronomy |
| Soggetto topico |
Astronomy in art
Architecture and science Astronomy, Ancient |
| ISBN | 3-030-76511-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Part I: History of Cosmic Symbolism in Art and Architecture -- 2: Basics of Astronomy and Archaeoastronomy -- Components of Archaeoastronomy -- Cycles of the Sun -- Cycles of the Moon -- The Milky Way Galaxy -- Origin of the Constellations -- The Signs of the Zodiac -- Further Reading -- 3: World’s Earliest Art and Architecture -- Introduction -- Abstract Stone Carvings and Cultural Astronomy -- “Venus Figurines” and Astronomy -- Hand Paintings in Cave Art -- Paleolithic Cave Painting -- Non-figurative Cave Art and Astronomy -- El Castillo Cave Art and Astronomy -- Corona Borealis or Northern Crown Constellation -- Lascaux Cave and Astronomy -- Archaeo-acoustics -- Further Reading -- 4: Neolithic Art, Architecture, and Astronomy -- Introduction -- Excavation of Göbekli Tepe -- Göbekli Tepe Enclosures -- Göbekli Tepe Artwork -- Interpretation of the Artwork -- Archaeoastronomy at Göbekli Tepe -- Further Reading -- 5: Art, Architecture, and Astronomy in the British Isles -- Introduction to Mounds, Megaliths, and Circles -- Newgrange Passage Mound -- Knowth Passage Mound -- Dowth Passage Mound -- Artwork on Irish Passage “Grave” Megaliths -- Further Reading -- 6: Art, Architecture, and Astronomy in England -- Introduction to the Stonehenge Stone Circle -- Archaeoastronomy of Stonehenge -- The Stonehenge Extensive Complex -- Avebury Stone Circles -- Avebury’s Extensive Complex -- West Kennet Long Barrow (Fig. 6.7) -- Summary of Megalithic Monuments of the British Isles -- Further Reading -- Part II: Astronomical Art and Architecture of Southeast Asia -- 7: Hinduism and Cosmology in India -- Introduction -- Cosmology Encoded in Shiva Nataraja, Lord of the Dance -- Dancing Shiva Iconography -- Cosmology of Hindu Temples -- Further Reading -- 8: Art, Archaeology, and Astronomy at Angkor Wat Temple -- Introduction to Angkor Wat History -- Temple Functions -- Angkor Wat Temple Architecture -- Current Research -- Celestial Correlations at Angkor Wat -- Angkor Wat Sculptural Program -- Summary -- Further Reading -- 9: Art, Architecture, and Astronomy of Buddhism -- Introduction -- Ashoka and the Mauryan Dynasty -- Cosmic Pillars of Ashoka -- Celestial Symbolism of the Buddhist Stupa -- The Great Stupa at Sanchi -- Cosmology of the Borobudur Buddhist Temple -- Borobudur Sculpture -- Encoded Buddhist Teachings -- Cosmological Symbolism of Borobudur -- Solar Alignments of the Ajanta Caves -- Further Reading -- Part III: Astronomical Art and Architecture of China -- 10: Art, Architecture, and Astronomy in China -- Astronomy in Early China -- Dunhuang Star Map -- Chinese Cosmological Temples -- The Mandate of Heaven -- Cosmology of Beijing -- Cosmology of the Forbidden City -- Cosmic Temples -- Temple of Heaven Compound -- Cosmic Symbolism of the Temple of Heaven -- Enactment of Imperial Duties -- Further Reading -- Part IV: Astronomical Art and Architecture of the Classical World -- 11: Art, Architecture, and Astronomy in Classical Greece -- Introduction -- Greek Astronomers -- The Astronomical Poem: Phaenomena -- Greek Temples and Archaeoastronomy -- Temple of Apollo Delphi, Greece -- Astronomy of the Apollo: Asclepius Cult Temples -- Archaeoastronomy of Greek Temples in Sicily -- Greek Theater -- Further Reading -- 12: Art, Architecture, and Astronomy of Petra -- History of Petra -- Nabataean Religion -- Nabataean Architecture -- Current Research -- Urn Tomb and Astronomy -- The Monastery and Astronomy -- Nabataean Sculpture -- Conclusion -- Further Reading -- 13: Art, Architecture, and Astronomy in the Roman Empire -- Introduction -- Astronomical Texts in Roman Empire -- Vitruvius and Astronomy -- Geminus and Astronomy -- Pliny the Elder and Astronomy -- Solar Orientations of Roman Towns -- Symbolism of the Dome in Roman Architecture -- Archaeoastronomy and the Pantheon -- Pantheon Symbolic Architectural Design -- Pantheon Solar Phenomena -- Mausoleum of Theodoric the Great and Astronomy -- Astronomical Light Effects -- The Roman Temples at Baalbek -- The Temple of Jupiter -- The Temple of Bacchus -- The Temple of Venus -- Cosmology in Mithraic Art -- The Mithraeum and the Tauroctony -- Cautes and Cautopates: The Torchbearers -- Archaeoastronomy Encoded in Mithraic Art -- Futher Reading -- Part V: Astronomical Art and Architecture of Early Europe -- 14: Astronomy and Cosmology in the Middle Ages -- Introduction -- Cosmology in the Middle Ages -- Cosmological Diagrams -- Medieval Astronomical Artwork -- Archaeoastronomy and the Christian Church -- Hagia Sophia: The Cosmos in Miniature -- Astronomy in the Age of Charlemagne -- Charlemagne’s Throne and Astronomy -- The Computistical Anthology of 809 -- Aratea Manuscripts in the Carolingian Age -- The Leiden Aratea -- The Planetary Configuration -- Giotto and Astronomy in the Scrovegni Chapel -- Giotto and the Miraculous Star of Bethlehem -- Astronomy at Chartres Cathedral -- Introduction -- Sculptural Program on the Royal Portal -- The Zodiacal Problem -- Astronomical Angels -- Further Reading -- 15: Renaissance Art and Astronomy -- Astronomy During the Renaissance -- Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Frescoes -- The Cosmology of Michelangelo Buonarroti -- Fresco Design Description -- Visualizing the Creation and Fall of Mankind -- The Cosmology of The Last Judgment -- The Last Judgment and Astronomy -- Further Reading -- Part VI: Astronomical Art and Architecture of the New World -- 16: Astronomy at Teotihuacan -- Introduction -- Pyramid of the Sun -- Pyramid of the Moon -- Ciudadela Ceremonial Grounds -- The Temple of Quetzalcoatl: The Feathered Serpent -- Archaeoastronomy at Teotihuacan -- Collapse of Teotihuacan -- Further Reading -- 17: Art, Architecture, and Astronomy in South America -- Introduction -- Cultural Astronomy of Chavin de Huantar -- Cultural Astronomy and the Nazca Lines -- Cultural Astronomy of the Inca Civilization -- Astronomy of Machu Picchu. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910502976503321 |
Dolan Marion
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| Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Decoding astronomy in art and architecture / / Marion Dolan
| Decoding astronomy in art and architecture / / Marion Dolan |
| Autore | Dolan Marion |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (356 pages) |
| Disciplina | 704.943 |
| Collana | Springer-Praxis books in popular astronomy |
| Soggetto topico |
Astronomy in art
Architecture and science Astronomy, Ancient |
| ISBN | 3-030-76511-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Part I: History of Cosmic Symbolism in Art and Architecture -- 2: Basics of Astronomy and Archaeoastronomy -- Components of Archaeoastronomy -- Cycles of the Sun -- Cycles of the Moon -- The Milky Way Galaxy -- Origin of the Constellations -- The Signs of the Zodiac -- Further Reading -- 3: World’s Earliest Art and Architecture -- Introduction -- Abstract Stone Carvings and Cultural Astronomy -- “Venus Figurines” and Astronomy -- Hand Paintings in Cave Art -- Paleolithic Cave Painting -- Non-figurative Cave Art and Astronomy -- El Castillo Cave Art and Astronomy -- Corona Borealis or Northern Crown Constellation -- Lascaux Cave and Astronomy -- Archaeo-acoustics -- Further Reading -- 4: Neolithic Art, Architecture, and Astronomy -- Introduction -- Excavation of Göbekli Tepe -- Göbekli Tepe Enclosures -- Göbekli Tepe Artwork -- Interpretation of the Artwork -- Archaeoastronomy at Göbekli Tepe -- Further Reading -- 5: Art, Architecture, and Astronomy in the British Isles -- Introduction to Mounds, Megaliths, and Circles -- Newgrange Passage Mound -- Knowth Passage Mound -- Dowth Passage Mound -- Artwork on Irish Passage “Grave” Megaliths -- Further Reading -- 6: Art, Architecture, and Astronomy in England -- Introduction to the Stonehenge Stone Circle -- Archaeoastronomy of Stonehenge -- The Stonehenge Extensive Complex -- Avebury Stone Circles -- Avebury’s Extensive Complex -- West Kennet Long Barrow (Fig. 6.7) -- Summary of Megalithic Monuments of the British Isles -- Further Reading -- Part II: Astronomical Art and Architecture of Southeast Asia -- 7: Hinduism and Cosmology in India -- Introduction -- Cosmology Encoded in Shiva Nataraja, Lord of the Dance -- Dancing Shiva Iconography -- Cosmology of Hindu Temples -- Further Reading -- 8: Art, Archaeology, and Astronomy at Angkor Wat Temple -- Introduction to Angkor Wat History -- Temple Functions -- Angkor Wat Temple Architecture -- Current Research -- Celestial Correlations at Angkor Wat -- Angkor Wat Sculptural Program -- Summary -- Further Reading -- 9: Art, Architecture, and Astronomy of Buddhism -- Introduction -- Ashoka and the Mauryan Dynasty -- Cosmic Pillars of Ashoka -- Celestial Symbolism of the Buddhist Stupa -- The Great Stupa at Sanchi -- Cosmology of the Borobudur Buddhist Temple -- Borobudur Sculpture -- Encoded Buddhist Teachings -- Cosmological Symbolism of Borobudur -- Solar Alignments of the Ajanta Caves -- Further Reading -- Part III: Astronomical Art and Architecture of China -- 10: Art, Architecture, and Astronomy in China -- Astronomy in Early China -- Dunhuang Star Map -- Chinese Cosmological Temples -- The Mandate of Heaven -- Cosmology of Beijing -- Cosmology of the Forbidden City -- Cosmic Temples -- Temple of Heaven Compound -- Cosmic Symbolism of the Temple of Heaven -- Enactment of Imperial Duties -- Further Reading -- Part IV: Astronomical Art and Architecture of the Classical World -- 11: Art, Architecture, and Astronomy in Classical Greece -- Introduction -- Greek Astronomers -- The Astronomical Poem: Phaenomena -- Greek Temples and Archaeoastronomy -- Temple of Apollo Delphi, Greece -- Astronomy of the Apollo: Asclepius Cult Temples -- Archaeoastronomy of Greek Temples in Sicily -- Greek Theater -- Further Reading -- 12: Art, Architecture, and Astronomy of Petra -- History of Petra -- Nabataean Religion -- Nabataean Architecture -- Current Research -- Urn Tomb and Astronomy -- The Monastery and Astronomy -- Nabataean Sculpture -- Conclusion -- Further Reading -- 13: Art, Architecture, and Astronomy in the Roman Empire -- Introduction -- Astronomical Texts in Roman Empire -- Vitruvius and Astronomy -- Geminus and Astronomy -- Pliny the Elder and Astronomy -- Solar Orientations of Roman Towns -- Symbolism of the Dome in Roman Architecture -- Archaeoastronomy and the Pantheon -- Pantheon Symbolic Architectural Design -- Pantheon Solar Phenomena -- Mausoleum of Theodoric the Great and Astronomy -- Astronomical Light Effects -- The Roman Temples at Baalbek -- The Temple of Jupiter -- The Temple of Bacchus -- The Temple of Venus -- Cosmology in Mithraic Art -- The Mithraeum and the Tauroctony -- Cautes and Cautopates: The Torchbearers -- Archaeoastronomy Encoded in Mithraic Art -- Futher Reading -- Part V: Astronomical Art and Architecture of Early Europe -- 14: Astronomy and Cosmology in the Middle Ages -- Introduction -- Cosmology in the Middle Ages -- Cosmological Diagrams -- Medieval Astronomical Artwork -- Archaeoastronomy and the Christian Church -- Hagia Sophia: The Cosmos in Miniature -- Astronomy in the Age of Charlemagne -- Charlemagne’s Throne and Astronomy -- The Computistical Anthology of 809 -- Aratea Manuscripts in the Carolingian Age -- The Leiden Aratea -- The Planetary Configuration -- Giotto and Astronomy in the Scrovegni Chapel -- Giotto and the Miraculous Star of Bethlehem -- Astronomy at Chartres Cathedral -- Introduction -- Sculptural Program on the Royal Portal -- The Zodiacal Problem -- Astronomical Angels -- Further Reading -- 15: Renaissance Art and Astronomy -- Astronomy During the Renaissance -- Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Frescoes -- The Cosmology of Michelangelo Buonarroti -- Fresco Design Description -- Visualizing the Creation and Fall of Mankind -- The Cosmology of The Last Judgment -- The Last Judgment and Astronomy -- Further Reading -- Part VI: Astronomical Art and Architecture of the New World -- 16: Astronomy at Teotihuacan -- Introduction -- Pyramid of the Sun -- Pyramid of the Moon -- Ciudadela Ceremonial Grounds -- The Temple of Quetzalcoatl: The Feathered Serpent -- Archaeoastronomy at Teotihuacan -- Collapse of Teotihuacan -- Further Reading -- 17: Art, Architecture, and Astronomy in South America -- Introduction -- Cultural Astronomy of Chavin de Huantar -- Cultural Astronomy and the Nazca Lines -- Cultural Astronomy of the Inca Civilization -- Astronomy of Machu Picchu. |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996466748503316 |
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Dolan Marion
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| Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Investigating art, history, and literature with astronomy : determining time, place, and other hidden details linked to the stars / / Donald W. Olson
| Investigating art, history, and literature with astronomy : determining time, place, and other hidden details linked to the stars / / Donald W. Olson |
| Autore | Olson Donald W. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (352 pages) |
| Disciplina | 520 |
| Collana | Springer Praxis Bks. |
| Soggetto topico |
Astronomy in literature
Astronomy in art |
| ISBN |
9783030955540
9783030955533 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Part I: Methods of Celestial Sleuthing -- 1: Astronomy Software, Learning About Locations, Sunlight and Shadows, and Weather Archives -- Astronomy Software -- Method to Find the Lunar Phase on the Evening of the Boston Tea Party -- Online Astronomical Tables -- Using Tables to Find the Lunar Phase on the Evening of the Boston Tea Party -- Determining Whether Alexander the Great Observed a Partial Lunar Eclipse or a Total Lunar Eclipse in 331 B.C. -- Learning About Locations -- Finding the Location of Monet's Hotel Window in Le Havre -- Finding the Location of Manet's Hotel Window in Boulogne-sur-Mer -- Using Postcards to Study Erosion of the Rocks in Monet's Étretat, Sunset -- Finding Munch's Locations for His Paintings in Åsgårdstrand -- Maps, Postcards, and Georgia O'Keeffe's Location for a Painting in Manhattan -- Sunlight & -- Shadows -- Sunlight and Shadow in the Iconic VJ Day Times Square Kiss Photograph -- Sunlight and Shadows in Ansel Adams' Denali and Wonder Lake -- Sunlight and Shadows in Monet's Paintings on Belle Île -- Sunlight and Shadows in Johannes Vermeer's View of Delft -- Weather Archives -- Checking Yosemite Weather on Possible Dates for Ansel Adams's Moon and Half Dome -- Finding Archived Weather Observations for Cities in the United States -- Finding Archived Daily Weather Maps for the United States -- Meteorological Archives and the Date of Georgia O'Keeffe's New York Street with Moon -- Meteorological Reports in Foreign Newspapers -- Meteorological Diary for England in The Gentleman's Magazine -- Meteorological Observations at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich -- Meteorological Observations for Europe in the Bulletin International -- Wind and Weather in Manet's Moonlight Over the Port of Boulogne -- Wind and Weather in Monet's Impression, Sunrise.
Worldwide Meteorological Archives at NOAA -- Longfellow, a Cool Evening, and "The Light of Stars" -- References -- 2: Letters, Almanacs, Timetables, and Foreign Languages -- Letters -- Using Letters to Determine the Approximate Date of Vincent van Gogh's Starry Night -- Letters and Starry Night: What's in a Name? -- Using Letters to Determine the Approximate Date and Time of Night of Vincent van Gogh's Starry Night Over the Rhône -- Using Letters to Determine the Approximate Date of Vincent van Gogh's Café Terrace at Night -- Using Letters to Answer the Question - Does the Orange Disk in a Vincent van Gogh Painting Represent the Sun or the Moon? -- Using Letters and Astronomical Software to Determine the Date of Vincent van Gogh's Road with Cypress and Star -- Using Letters to Determine the Date of Vincent van Gogh's White House at Night -- Letters of Claude Monet -- Monet's Letters and the Date in 1883 of a Sunset Painting at Étretat -- Monet's Letters and the Date in 1885 of His Nearly Fatal Accident at Étretat -- Monet's Letters and His Painting Campaign in 1886 on Belle Île -- Letters of Édouard Manet and the Date of Moonlight Over the Port of Boulogne -- Letters of Georgia O'Keeffe -- Almanacs -- Almanacs Related to the Boston Tea Party and Paul Revere's Ride -- Benjamin Banneker's Almanacs from the 1790s -- Almanacs from 1857 and Lincoln's "Almanac Trial" -- Almanacs and the Eclipses in Shakespeare's King Lear -- Railroad Timetables -- Obtaining Railroad Timetables -- Using Railroad Timetables from 1945 to Confirm the Time of Day for the VJ Day Times Square Kiss Photograph -- Using Railroad Timetables from 1843 to Identify the Event That Inspired a Painting by J. M. W. Turner -- Using Railroad Timetables to Determine the Time of Vincent van Gogh's Observation of an Evening Star. Using Railroad Timetables from 1916 to Identify the Trains Depicted by Georgia O'Keeffe in Her Night Scenes from Canyon, Texas -- Foreign Language Translation -- Translating Claude Monet's Letters from Belle Île -- Translation of Gegenschein Observing Reports from Europe -- Translations Related to Mont Saint-Michel and the Hundred Years' War -- References -- 3: Research Trips, Method of Corresponding Days, Timekeeping -- Research Trips -- Visit to the Site of an Ansel Adams Moonrise Photograph -- Visit to the Site of a Vermeer Townscape -- Method of Corresponding Days -- The "Autumn Moon Encore" and the Ansel Adams Photograph Autumn Moon -- Julian Caesar's Invasion of Britain and Corresponding Days in August 2007 -- Monet's Belle Île Campaign and Corresponding Days in September 2019 -- Timekeeping -- Julian and Gregorian Calendars -- Calendars, Eclipses in 1605, and Shakespeare's King Lear -- Daylight Saving Time, Time Zones, and Local Mean Time -- Finding Local Mean Time in Boston -- Finding Local Mean Time in Delft, Netherlands -- Finding Local Mean Time in Étretat, Normandy -- Deducing Time Zones from Newspapers -- Timekeeping in World War II -- Conclusion: Timekeeping -- References -- Part II: Examples of Astronomy in Art -- 4: Vermeer and Monet: Masters of Sunlight and Shadows, and the Moon in J. M. W. Turner's First Oil Paintings -- Dating Vermeer's View of Delft -- View of Delft -- Season and Time of Day? -- Nieuwe Kerk's Octagon -- Nieuwe Kerk "Two Times Too Wide"? -- Research Trip to the Netherlands -- Vermeer's Viewpoint -- Clock in View of Delft -- Vermeer's Empty Bell Tower -- September Sun -- Conclusions: Vermeer's View of Delft -- Modern Visits to Delft -- Dating Monet's Paintings on Belle Île -- Monet's Belle Île Painting Campaign in 1886 -- Port Coton Painting -- Research Trip to Port Coton in 2016 -- Monet, Tides, and Weather. Results for the Port Coton Painting -- Port Domois Painting -- Tides, Shadows, and AABI in September 2017 -- Research Trip to Port Domois in September 2019 -- Results for the Port Domois Painting -- Monet's Grotto Event on September 25, 1886 -- Art Historians and the Grotto -- Grotto of the Apothecary? -- Conclusions: Monet on Belle Île -- Modern Visits to Belle Île -- Dating J. M. W. Turner's First Oil Paintings -- Turner's First Exhibited Oil Paintings -- Isle of Wight Painting Campaign: June or August-September 1795? -- Rocks in the Painting: The Needles or Freshwater Bay? -- The Rising Full Moon -- Conclusion: Turner and the Moon -- References -- 5: Georgia O'Keeffe's Night Skies, Kawase Hasui and Nocturnal Scenes in Japan -- Georgia O'Keeffe: New York Street with Moon -- Bishop's Crook Lamppost -- New York Street with Moon Location: 47th Street? -- Churches of Manhattan -- Church of the Holy Family on 47th Street: Ruled Out -- St. Boniface's Roman Catholic Church on 47th Street: Ruled Out -- New York Street with Moon Location: 48th Street -- Svenska Kyrkan (Swedish Seamen's Church) on 48th Street: Ruled Out -- Collegiate Church of Saint Nicholas on 48th Street: Perfect Match -- Location: 48th Street -- Manhattanhenge -- Dating New York Street with Moon -- November 1924 Full Moon Period: Ruled Out -- December 1924 Full Moon Period: Ruled Out -- January 9, 1925, Full Moon: Perfect Match -- February 1925 Full Moon Period: Ruled Out -- Conclusion: New York Street with Moon -- Georgia O'Keeffe: Evening Star -- Walks Near Sunset -- Letters in March 1917 -- Venus as Evening Star? -- Astronomical Calculations: Venus as Morning Star -- Jupiter as Evening Star -- Conclusions: Georgia O'Keeffe's Evening Star Series -- Georgia O'Keeffe: Train Coming In, Canyon, Texas -- Thanksgiving 1916: Early Morning Train -- Identifying the Train Arriving Near Sunrise. The Last Two Stars in the Morning Sky -- February 1917: "early morning train - Sunrise" -- Georgia O'Keeffe: Full Moon and a Star -- Conclusions: Georgia O'Keeffe's Night Skies -- Kawase Hasui and Nocturnal Scenes in Japan -- Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto -- Two Planets in the Western Sky -- Moon Shadows -- The Artist's Methods -- Conclusion: Kawase Hasui and Planets Over Japan -- References -- Part III: Examples of Astronomy in History -- 6: The Campaigns of Alexander the Great, and King John and the Loss of the Crown Jewels -- Alexander the Great and an Eclipse -- Eclipse Before the Battle of Gaugamela -- Arrian on the Eclipse -- Quintus Curtius on the Eclipse -- Plutarch on the Eclipse -- Partial Lunar Eclipse? -- Astronomical Calculations: Total Lunar Eclipse of September 20, 331 B.C. -- Total Lunar Eclipse -- Conclusions: Eclipse of Alexander -- Moon and Tides During Alexander's Campaign in India -- Heliacal Rise of the Dog Star -- Tidal Event on the Indus River -- Tidal Bore -- Lunar Phases and the Tidal Bore -- Astronomical Calculations -- The Pleiades and the Departures from India -- Conclusions: Alexander the Great and Astronomy -- King John, the Loss of the Crown Jewels, and the Moon -- King John and the Loss of the Crown Jewels -- The Tale Recounted in the 19th Century -- The Tale Recounted in the Present Day -- The Story According to Matthew Paris -- The Account in William Camden's Britannia -- Allusions by Shakespeare -- Tidal Bores -- A Historically Significant Perigean Spring Tide -- Tidal Bore on a Falling Tide? -- Tidal Bore on a Rising Tide: Modern Example -- Tide Calculations for October 12, 1216 -- Conclusion: King John and the Loss of the Crown Jewels -- References -- 7: Mont Saint-Michel in the Hundred Years' War, and the Discovery of the Gegenschein -- Mont Saint-Michel and the Tides of War. The Michelettes and the Hundred Years' War. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910552741903321 |
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Olson Donald W.
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| Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Investigating art, history, and literature with astronomy : determining time, place, and other hidden details linked to the stars / / Donald W. Olson
| Investigating art, history, and literature with astronomy : determining time, place, and other hidden details linked to the stars / / Donald W. Olson |
| Autore | Olson Donald W. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (352 pages) |
| Disciplina | 520 |
| Collana | Springer Praxis Bks. |
| Soggetto topico |
Astronomy in literature
Astronomy in art |
| ISBN |
9783030955540
9783030955533 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Part I: Methods of Celestial Sleuthing -- 1: Astronomy Software, Learning About Locations, Sunlight and Shadows, and Weather Archives -- Astronomy Software -- Method to Find the Lunar Phase on the Evening of the Boston Tea Party -- Online Astronomical Tables -- Using Tables to Find the Lunar Phase on the Evening of the Boston Tea Party -- Determining Whether Alexander the Great Observed a Partial Lunar Eclipse or a Total Lunar Eclipse in 331 B.C. -- Learning About Locations -- Finding the Location of Monet's Hotel Window in Le Havre -- Finding the Location of Manet's Hotel Window in Boulogne-sur-Mer -- Using Postcards to Study Erosion of the Rocks in Monet's Étretat, Sunset -- Finding Munch's Locations for His Paintings in Åsgårdstrand -- Maps, Postcards, and Georgia O'Keeffe's Location for a Painting in Manhattan -- Sunlight & -- Shadows -- Sunlight and Shadow in the Iconic VJ Day Times Square Kiss Photograph -- Sunlight and Shadows in Ansel Adams' Denali and Wonder Lake -- Sunlight and Shadows in Monet's Paintings on Belle Île -- Sunlight and Shadows in Johannes Vermeer's View of Delft -- Weather Archives -- Checking Yosemite Weather on Possible Dates for Ansel Adams's Moon and Half Dome -- Finding Archived Weather Observations for Cities in the United States -- Finding Archived Daily Weather Maps for the United States -- Meteorological Archives and the Date of Georgia O'Keeffe's New York Street with Moon -- Meteorological Reports in Foreign Newspapers -- Meteorological Diary for England in The Gentleman's Magazine -- Meteorological Observations at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich -- Meteorological Observations for Europe in the Bulletin International -- Wind and Weather in Manet's Moonlight Over the Port of Boulogne -- Wind and Weather in Monet's Impression, Sunrise.
Worldwide Meteorological Archives at NOAA -- Longfellow, a Cool Evening, and "The Light of Stars" -- References -- 2: Letters, Almanacs, Timetables, and Foreign Languages -- Letters -- Using Letters to Determine the Approximate Date of Vincent van Gogh's Starry Night -- Letters and Starry Night: What's in a Name? -- Using Letters to Determine the Approximate Date and Time of Night of Vincent van Gogh's Starry Night Over the Rhône -- Using Letters to Determine the Approximate Date of Vincent van Gogh's Café Terrace at Night -- Using Letters to Answer the Question - Does the Orange Disk in a Vincent van Gogh Painting Represent the Sun or the Moon? -- Using Letters and Astronomical Software to Determine the Date of Vincent van Gogh's Road with Cypress and Star -- Using Letters to Determine the Date of Vincent van Gogh's White House at Night -- Letters of Claude Monet -- Monet's Letters and the Date in 1883 of a Sunset Painting at Étretat -- Monet's Letters and the Date in 1885 of His Nearly Fatal Accident at Étretat -- Monet's Letters and His Painting Campaign in 1886 on Belle Île -- Letters of Édouard Manet and the Date of Moonlight Over the Port of Boulogne -- Letters of Georgia O'Keeffe -- Almanacs -- Almanacs Related to the Boston Tea Party and Paul Revere's Ride -- Benjamin Banneker's Almanacs from the 1790s -- Almanacs from 1857 and Lincoln's "Almanac Trial" -- Almanacs and the Eclipses in Shakespeare's King Lear -- Railroad Timetables -- Obtaining Railroad Timetables -- Using Railroad Timetables from 1945 to Confirm the Time of Day for the VJ Day Times Square Kiss Photograph -- Using Railroad Timetables from 1843 to Identify the Event That Inspired a Painting by J. M. W. Turner -- Using Railroad Timetables to Determine the Time of Vincent van Gogh's Observation of an Evening Star. Using Railroad Timetables from 1916 to Identify the Trains Depicted by Georgia O'Keeffe in Her Night Scenes from Canyon, Texas -- Foreign Language Translation -- Translating Claude Monet's Letters from Belle Île -- Translation of Gegenschein Observing Reports from Europe -- Translations Related to Mont Saint-Michel and the Hundred Years' War -- References -- 3: Research Trips, Method of Corresponding Days, Timekeeping -- Research Trips -- Visit to the Site of an Ansel Adams Moonrise Photograph -- Visit to the Site of a Vermeer Townscape -- Method of Corresponding Days -- The "Autumn Moon Encore" and the Ansel Adams Photograph Autumn Moon -- Julian Caesar's Invasion of Britain and Corresponding Days in August 2007 -- Monet's Belle Île Campaign and Corresponding Days in September 2019 -- Timekeeping -- Julian and Gregorian Calendars -- Calendars, Eclipses in 1605, and Shakespeare's King Lear -- Daylight Saving Time, Time Zones, and Local Mean Time -- Finding Local Mean Time in Boston -- Finding Local Mean Time in Delft, Netherlands -- Finding Local Mean Time in Étretat, Normandy -- Deducing Time Zones from Newspapers -- Timekeeping in World War II -- Conclusion: Timekeeping -- References -- Part II: Examples of Astronomy in Art -- 4: Vermeer and Monet: Masters of Sunlight and Shadows, and the Moon in J. M. W. Turner's First Oil Paintings -- Dating Vermeer's View of Delft -- View of Delft -- Season and Time of Day? -- Nieuwe Kerk's Octagon -- Nieuwe Kerk "Two Times Too Wide"? -- Research Trip to the Netherlands -- Vermeer's Viewpoint -- Clock in View of Delft -- Vermeer's Empty Bell Tower -- September Sun -- Conclusions: Vermeer's View of Delft -- Modern Visits to Delft -- Dating Monet's Paintings on Belle Île -- Monet's Belle Île Painting Campaign in 1886 -- Port Coton Painting -- Research Trip to Port Coton in 2016 -- Monet, Tides, and Weather. Results for the Port Coton Painting -- Port Domois Painting -- Tides, Shadows, and AABI in September 2017 -- Research Trip to Port Domois in September 2019 -- Results for the Port Domois Painting -- Monet's Grotto Event on September 25, 1886 -- Art Historians and the Grotto -- Grotto of the Apothecary? -- Conclusions: Monet on Belle Île -- Modern Visits to Belle Île -- Dating J. M. W. Turner's First Oil Paintings -- Turner's First Exhibited Oil Paintings -- Isle of Wight Painting Campaign: June or August-September 1795? -- Rocks in the Painting: The Needles or Freshwater Bay? -- The Rising Full Moon -- Conclusion: Turner and the Moon -- References -- 5: Georgia O'Keeffe's Night Skies, Kawase Hasui and Nocturnal Scenes in Japan -- Georgia O'Keeffe: New York Street with Moon -- Bishop's Crook Lamppost -- New York Street with Moon Location: 47th Street? -- Churches of Manhattan -- Church of the Holy Family on 47th Street: Ruled Out -- St. Boniface's Roman Catholic Church on 47th Street: Ruled Out -- New York Street with Moon Location: 48th Street -- Svenska Kyrkan (Swedish Seamen's Church) on 48th Street: Ruled Out -- Collegiate Church of Saint Nicholas on 48th Street: Perfect Match -- Location: 48th Street -- Manhattanhenge -- Dating New York Street with Moon -- November 1924 Full Moon Period: Ruled Out -- December 1924 Full Moon Period: Ruled Out -- January 9, 1925, Full Moon: Perfect Match -- February 1925 Full Moon Period: Ruled Out -- Conclusion: New York Street with Moon -- Georgia O'Keeffe: Evening Star -- Walks Near Sunset -- Letters in March 1917 -- Venus as Evening Star? -- Astronomical Calculations: Venus as Morning Star -- Jupiter as Evening Star -- Conclusions: Georgia O'Keeffe's Evening Star Series -- Georgia O'Keeffe: Train Coming In, Canyon, Texas -- Thanksgiving 1916: Early Morning Train -- Identifying the Train Arriving Near Sunrise. The Last Two Stars in the Morning Sky -- February 1917: "early morning train - Sunrise" -- Georgia O'Keeffe: Full Moon and a Star -- Conclusions: Georgia O'Keeffe's Night Skies -- Kawase Hasui and Nocturnal Scenes in Japan -- Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto -- Two Planets in the Western Sky -- Moon Shadows -- The Artist's Methods -- Conclusion: Kawase Hasui and Planets Over Japan -- References -- Part III: Examples of Astronomy in History -- 6: The Campaigns of Alexander the Great, and King John and the Loss of the Crown Jewels -- Alexander the Great and an Eclipse -- Eclipse Before the Battle of Gaugamela -- Arrian on the Eclipse -- Quintus Curtius on the Eclipse -- Plutarch on the Eclipse -- Partial Lunar Eclipse? -- Astronomical Calculations: Total Lunar Eclipse of September 20, 331 B.C. -- Total Lunar Eclipse -- Conclusions: Eclipse of Alexander -- Moon and Tides During Alexander's Campaign in India -- Heliacal Rise of the Dog Star -- Tidal Event on the Indus River -- Tidal Bore -- Lunar Phases and the Tidal Bore -- Astronomical Calculations -- The Pleiades and the Departures from India -- Conclusions: Alexander the Great and Astronomy -- King John, the Loss of the Crown Jewels, and the Moon -- King John and the Loss of the Crown Jewels -- The Tale Recounted in the 19th Century -- The Tale Recounted in the Present Day -- The Story According to Matthew Paris -- The Account in William Camden's Britannia -- Allusions by Shakespeare -- Tidal Bores -- A Historically Significant Perigean Spring Tide -- Tidal Bore on a Falling Tide? -- Tidal Bore on a Rising Tide: Modern Example -- Tide Calculations for October 12, 1216 -- Conclusion: King John and the Loss of the Crown Jewels -- References -- 7: Mont Saint-Michel in the Hundred Years' War, and the Discovery of the Gegenschein -- Mont Saint-Michel and the Tides of War. The Michelettes and the Hundred Years' War. |
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| Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022] | ||
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Playing with Earth and Sky [[electronic resource] ] : Astronomy, Geography, and the Art of Marcel Duchamp / / James Housefield
| Playing with Earth and Sky [[electronic resource] ] : Astronomy, Geography, and the Art of Marcel Duchamp / / James Housefield |
| Autore | Housefield James |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hanover, New Hampshire : , : Dartmouth College Press, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (328 pages) : illustrations (some color), photographs, portraits, map |
| Disciplina | 709.2 |
| Collana | Interfaces: studies in visual culture |
| Soggetto topico |
Geography in art
Astronomy in art |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-61168-958-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910493221403321 |
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Housefield James
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| Hanover, New Hampshire : , : Dartmouth College Press, , 2016 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Playing with Earth and Sky [[electronic resource] ] : Astronomy, Geography, and the Art of Marcel Duchamp / / James Housefield
| Playing with Earth and Sky [[electronic resource] ] : Astronomy, Geography, and the Art of Marcel Duchamp / / James Housefield |
| Autore | Housefield James |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hanover, New Hampshire : , : Dartmouth College Press, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (328 pages) : illustrations (some color), photographs, portraits, map |
| Disciplina | 709.2 |
| Collana | Interfaces: studies in visual culture |
| Soggetto topico |
Geography in art
Astronomy in art |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-61168-958-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798365403321 |
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Housefield James
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| Hanover, New Hampshire : , : Dartmouth College Press, , 2016 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Playing with Earth and Sky [[electronic resource] ] : Astronomy, Geography, and the Art of Marcel Duchamp / / James Housefield
| Playing with Earth and Sky [[electronic resource] ] : Astronomy, Geography, and the Art of Marcel Duchamp / / James Housefield |
| Autore | Housefield James |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hanover, New Hampshire : , : Dartmouth College Press, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (328 pages) : illustrations (some color), photographs, portraits, map |
| Disciplina | 709.2 |
| Collana | Interfaces: studies in visual culture |
| Soggetto topico |
Geography in art
Astronomy in art |
| ISBN | 1-61168-958-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811844003321 |
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Housefield James
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| Hanover, New Hampshire : , : Dartmouth College Press, , 2016 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A saving science : capturing the heavens in Carolingian manuscripts / / Eric M. Ramírez-Weaver
| A saving science : capturing the heavens in Carolingian manuscripts / / Eric M. Ramírez-Weaver |
| Autore | Ramírez-Weaver Eric M. <1971-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | University Park, Pennsylvania : , : The Pennsylvania State University Press, , [2017] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 296 pages ) |
| Disciplina | 745.6709443853 |
| Soggetto topico |
Astronomy in art
Astronomy, Medieval Illumination of books and manuscripts, Carolingian Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval - France - Metz |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-271-07827-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Drogo and the Handbook of 809 -- Part One. Unveiling the Heavens over Carolingian Skies -- Chapter 1. Illuminating Science -- Chapter 2. Drogo’s Copy of the Handbook of 809 -- Plates -- Party Two. Representing the Cosmos for Carolingian Hearts and Minds -- Chapter 3. Revealing Astronomy -- Chapter 4. Restoring What Was Lost -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910480271603321 |
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Ramírez-Weaver Eric M. <1971->
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| University Park, Pennsylvania : , : The Pennsylvania State University Press, , [2017] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A saving science : capturing the heavens in Carolingian manuscripts / / Eric M. Ramírez-Weaver
| A saving science : capturing the heavens in Carolingian manuscripts / / Eric M. Ramírez-Weaver |
| Autore | Ramírez-Weaver Eric M. <1971-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | University Park, Pennsylvania : , : The Pennsylvania State University Press, , [2017] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 296 pages ) |
| Disciplina | 745.6709443853 |
| Soggetto topico |
Astronomy in art
Astronomy, Medieval Illumination of books and manuscripts, Carolingian Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval - France - Metz |
| ISBN | 0-271-07827-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Drogo and the Handbook of 809 -- Part One. Unveiling the Heavens over Carolingian Skies -- Chapter 1. Illuminating Science -- Chapter 2. Drogo’s Copy of the Handbook of 809 -- Plates -- Party Two. Representing the Cosmos for Carolingian Hearts and Minds -- Chapter 3. Revealing Astronomy -- Chapter 4. Restoring What Was Lost -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792793103321 |
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Ramírez-Weaver Eric M. <1971->
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| University Park, Pennsylvania : , : The Pennsylvania State University Press, , [2017] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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A saving science : capturing the heavens in Carolingian manuscripts / / Eric M. Ramírez-Weaver
| A saving science : capturing the heavens in Carolingian manuscripts / / Eric M. Ramírez-Weaver |
| Autore | Ramírez-Weaver Eric M. <1971-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | University Park, Pennsylvania : , : The Pennsylvania State University Press, , [2017] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 296 pages ) |
| Disciplina | 745.6709443853 |
| Soggetto topico |
Astronomy in art
Astronomy, Medieval Illumination of books and manuscripts, Carolingian Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval - France - Metz |
| ISBN | 0-271-07827-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Drogo and the Handbook of 809 -- Part One. Unveiling the Heavens over Carolingian Skies -- Chapter 1. Illuminating Science -- Chapter 2. Drogo’s Copy of the Handbook of 809 -- Plates -- Party Two. Representing the Cosmos for Carolingian Hearts and Minds -- Chapter 3. Revealing Astronomy -- Chapter 4. Restoring What Was Lost -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810525703321 |
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Ramírez-Weaver Eric M. <1971->
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| University Park, Pennsylvania : , : The Pennsylvania State University Press, , [2017] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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