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J.L. Heilbron The Ghost of Galileo (Hardback) (IMPORTATION BRITANNIQUE)
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- État
- Book Title
- Ghost of Galileo : in a Forgotten Painting from the English Civil War
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- GB
- EAN
- 9780198861300
- Format
- Hardcover
- Genre
- Art, History
- ISBN
- 9780198861300
- ISBN-10
- 0198861303
- Item Height
- 1.4 in
- Item Length
- 9.6 in
- Item Weight
- 40 oz
- Item Width
- 6.5 in
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- The Ghost of Galileo
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Incorporated
- Release Date
- 28/01/2021
- Release Year
- 2021
- Subtitle
- In a forgotten painting from the English Civil War
- Title
- The Ghost of Galileo
- Topic
- General
- Publication Year
- 2021
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Number of Pages
- 528 Pages
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Product Information
In 1643/4 the once-famous Francis Cleyn painted the unhappy young heir of Corfe Castle, John Bankes, and his tutor, Dr Maurice Williams. The painter is now almost forgotten, the painting much neglected, and the sitters themselves have left little to mark their lives, but on the table of the painting lies a book, open to an immediately identifiable and very significant page. The representation omits the author's name and the book's title; it sits there as a code, as only viewers who had encountered the original and the characteristic figures on its frontispiece would have known its significance. The book is Galileo's Dialogue on the two chief world systems (1632), the defence of Copernican cosmology that incited the infamous clash between its author and the Church, and its presence in this painting is no accident, but instead a statement of learning, attitudes, and cosmopolitan engagement in European discourse by the painting's English subjects. Grasping hold of the clue, John Helibron deciphers the significance of this contentious book's appearance in a painting from Stuart England to unravel the interlocking threads of art history, political and religious history, and the history of science. Drawing on unexploited archival material and a wide range of printed works, he weaves together English court culture and Italian connections, as well as the astronomical and astrological knowledge propagated in contemporary almanacs and deployed in art, architecture, plays, masques, and political discourse. Heilbron also explores the biographies of Sir John Bankes (father of the sitter), Sir Maurice, and the painter, Francis Cleyn, setting them into the narrative of their rich and cultured history.
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Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0198861303
ISBN-13
9780198861300
eBay Product ID (ePID)
12050018859
Product Key Features
Book Title
Ghost of Galileo : in a Forgotten Painting from the English Civil War
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
General
Publication Year
2021
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Art, History
Number of Pages
528 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.6 in
Item Height
1.4 in
Item Width
6.5 in
Item Weight
40 oz
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Lc Classification Number
N72.S3
Reviews
"If ever a book has defied summary, this is it. Mr. Heilbron takes his readers on an exhilarating, 500-page ride through the first half of the 17th century, beginning with the tangled web of political and intellectual relations between the English and the Italians, specifically the quarrel between worldly, pleasure-loving Venice and authoritarian, stuck-up Rome..." -- Christoph Irmscher, Wall Street Journal "The Ghost of Galileo is... a work of serious scholarship... it is brilliant, and unlike anything I expect to read all year." -- Tim Smith-Laing, Daily Telegraph "... insightful and unusual... A massive amount of information is conveyed in a lively style, with a nice line in deadpan humour... a generous and original book." -- Joe Moshenska, Times Literary Supplement "Beginning with the painting itself and following a number of threads in weaving together - in a way that truly shows the humanities at their best - the history of science, art history, the history of religion, and political history of the early modern period, Prof. Heilbron explores the social, religious, artistic, and scientific landscapes of that time." -- The Well-Bred Naturalist "This is a strikingly unusual book. In 2010, the year in which the author's definitive biography of Galileo and his work was published, the author chanced upon an unusual double portrait by a now unjustly little-known artist, in the dark upper corridor of a house in Dorset belonging to the National Trust ... It is a puzzle without a definitive solution, but the search for one is utterly absorbing." -- Alastair Laing, Art Historian, former Curator of Pictures and Sculpture, National Trust "This splendid study reanimates a portrait of an English scholar and his student, taking as its focal point a copy of Galileo's recent Dialogue concerning the Two Chief World Systems. The relationship of this curious foreground detail to the big picture will captivate historians of early modern science, art, literature, politics, and religion." -- Professor Eileen Reeves, author of Galileo's Glassworks: The Telescope and the Mirror, "This splendid study reanimates a portrait of an English scholar and his student, taking as its focal point a copy of Galileo's recent Dialogue concerning the Two Chief World Systems. The relationship of this curious foreground detail to the big picture will captivate historians of early modern science, art, literature, politics, and religion." -- Professor Eileen Reeves, Princeton University, "If ever a book has defied summary, this is it. Mr. Heilbron takes his readers on an exhilarating, 500-page ride through the first half of the 17th century, beginning with the tangled web of political and intellectual relations between the English and the Italians, specifically the quarrel between worldly, pleasure-loving Venice and authoritarian, stuck-up Rome..." -- Christoph Irmscher, Wall Street Journal"The Ghost of Galileo is... a work of serious scholarship... it is brilliant, and unlike anything I expect to read all year." -- Tim Smith-Laing, Daily Telegraph"... insightful and unusual... A massive amount of information is conveyed in a lively style, with a nice line in deadpan humour... a generous and original book." -- Joe Moshenska, Times Literary Supplement"Beginning with the painting itself and following a number of threads in weaving together - in a way that truly shows the humanities at their best - the history of science, art history, the history of religion, and political history of the early modern period, Prof. Heilbron explores the social, religious, artistic, and scientific landscapes of that time." -- The Well-Bred Naturalist"This is a strikingly unusual book. In 2010, the year in which the author's definitive biography of Galileo and his work was published, the author chanced upon an unusual double portrait by a now unjustly little-known artist, in the dark upper corridor of a house in Dorset belonging to the National Trust ... It is a puzzle without a definitive solution, but the search for one is utterly absorbing." -- Alastair Laing, Art Historian, former Curator of Pictures and Sculpture, National Trust"This splendid study reanimates a portrait of an English scholar and his student, taking as its focal point a copy of Galileo's recent Dialogue concerning the Two Chief World Systems. The relationship of this curious foreground detail to the big picture will captivate historians of early modern science, art, literature, politics, and religion." -- Professor Eileen Reeves, author of Galileo's Glassworks: The Telescope and the Mirror, "This is a strikingly unusual book. In 2010, the year in which the author's definitive biography of Galileo and his work was published, the author chanced upon an unusual double portrait by a now unjustly little-known artist, in the dark upper corridor of a house in Dorset belonging to the National Trust ... It is a puzzle without a definitive solution, but the search for one is utterly absorbing." -- Alastair Laing, Art Historian, former Curator of Pictures and Sculpture, National Trust "This splendid study reanimates a portrait of an English scholar and his student, taking as its focal point a copy of Galileo's recent Dialogue concerning the Two Chief World Systems. The relationship of this curious foreground detail to the big picture will captivate historians of early modern science, art, literature, politics, and religion." -- Professor Eileen Reeves, author of Galileo's Glassworks: The Telescope and the Mirror, "If ever a book has defied summary, this is it. Mr. Heilbron takes his readers on an exhilarating, 500-page ride through the first half of the 17th century, beginning with the tangled web of political and intellectual relations between the English and the Italians, specifically the quarrel between worldly, pleasure-loving Venice and authoritarian, stuck-up Rome..." -- Christoph Irmscher, Wall Street Journal "The Ghost of Galileo is... a work of serious scholarship... it is brilliant, and unlike anything I expect to read all year." -- Tim Smith-Laing, Daily Telegraph "Beginning with the painting itself and following a number of threads in weaving together - in a way that truly shows the humanities at their best - the history of science, art history, the history of religion, and political history of the early modern period, Prof. Heilbron explores the social, religious, artistic, and scientific landscapes of that time." -- The Well-Bred Naturalist "This is a strikingly unusual book. In 2010, the year in which the author's definitive biography of Galileo and his work was published, the author chanced upon an unusual double portrait by a now unjustly little-known artist, in the dark upper corridor of a house in Dorset belonging to the National Trust ... It is a puzzle without a definitive solution, but the search for one is utterly absorbing." -- Alastair Laing, Art Historian, former Curator of Pictures and Sculpture, National Trust "This splendid study reanimates a portrait of an English scholar and his student, taking as its focal point a copy of Galileo's recent Dialogue concerning the Two Chief World Systems. The relationship of this curious foreground detail to the big picture will captivate historians of early modern science, art, literature, politics, and religion." -- Professor Eileen Reeves, author of Galileo's Glassworks: The Telescope and the Mirror, "If ever a book has defied summary, this is it. Mr. Heilbron takes his readers on an exhilarating, 500-page ride through the first half of the 17th century, beginning with the tangled web of political and intellectual relations between the English and the Italians, specifically the quarrel between worldly, pleasure-loving Venice and authoritarian, stuck-up Rome..." -- Christoph Irmscher, Wall Street Journal "The Ghost of Galileo is... a work of serious scholarship... it is brilliant, and unlike anything I expect to read all year." -- Tim Smith-Laing, Daily Telegraph "This is a strikingly unusual book. In 2010, the year in which the author's definitive biography of Galileo and his work was published, the author chanced upon an unusual double portrait by a now unjustly little-known artist, in the dark upper corridor of a house in Dorset belonging to the National Trust ... It is a puzzle without a definitive solution, but the search for one is utterly absorbing." -- Alastair Laing, Art Historian, former Curator of Pictures and Sculpture, National Trust "This splendid study reanimates a portrait of an English scholar and his student, taking as its focal point a copy of Galileo's recent Dialogue concerning the Two Chief World Systems. The relationship of this curious foreground detail to the big picture will captivate historians of early modern science, art, literature, politics, and religion." -- Professor Eileen Reeves, author of Galileo's Glassworks: The Telescope and the Mirror, "This splendid study reanimates a portrait of an English scholar and his student, taking as its focal point a copy of Galileo's recent Dialogue concerning the Two Chief World Systems. The relationship of this curious foreground detail to the big picture will captivate historians of early modern science, art, literature, politics, and religion." -- Professor Eileen Reeves, author of Galileo's Glassworks: The Telescope and the Mirror
Table of Content
Preface1. Galileo's Europe2. Stuart Religions3. The King and his Lawyer4. Cultural Threads5. Heavens Above6. Medicine and Melancholy7. The Painter8. Oxford at War9. The ImagePostscriptBibliography
Dewey Decimal
701.05094209032
Dewey Edition
23
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