Athanasius Kircher's theatre of the world : the life and work of the last man to search for universal knowledge

Athanasius Kircher's theatre of the world : the life and work of the last man to search for universal knowledge / Joscelyn Godwin.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Godwin, Joscelyn
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Rochester, Vt. : Inner Traditions, c2009.
Subjects:
Kircher, Athanasius, > 1602-1680.
Kircher, Athanasius, > 1602-1680 > Criticism and interpretation.
Renaissance > Germany.
Renaissance > Biography.
Scholars > Germany > Biography.
Illustrators > Germany > Biography.
Illustration of books > Germany > History > 17th century.
Intellectuals > Germany > Biography.
Germany > Biography.
Germany > Intellectual life > 17th century.
Table of 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.

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