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Saints and sinners in the skyastronomy, religion and art in western culture /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Saints and sinners in the skyby Michael Mendillo.
Reminder of title:	astronomy, religion and art in western culture /
Author:	Mendillo, Michael.
Published:	Cham :Springer International Publishing :2022.
Description:	xiii, 252 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm.
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
Subject:	AstronomyReligious aspects.
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-84270-3
ISBN:	9783030842703$q(electronic bk.)

Saints and sinners in the skyastronomy, religion and art in western culture /
Mendillo, Michael.

Saints and sinners in the skyastronomy, religion and art in western culture /[electronic resource] :by Michael Mendillo. - Cham :Springer International Publishing :2022. - xiii, 252 p. :ill., digital ;24 cm. - Springer-Praxis books in popular astronomy,2626-8779. - Springer-Praxis books in popular astronomy..

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.

In this book, Boston University Professor of Astronomy Michael Mendillo takes readers deep into the annals of history, showing how visual depictions of the heavens evolved in tandem with science and religion throughout much of Western culture. With unprecedented scope and scale, Professor Mendillo explores how cave art, illuminated manuscripts, sculptures, paintings and architecture reflected some of the great religious and secular battles taking place over the course of centuries. Enter a world of biblical proportions, where constellations of ancient heroes and pagans were thoroughly recast as Christian saints and the Twelve Apostles. This nontechnical narrative brings vitality and accessibility to some of the most enduring subjects in human history, offering a lively new exploration of the visual connections between celestial phenomena and artistic expression. "Saints and Sinners impressionistically reveals the connections of art, astronomy, and religion in Western culture to illuminate the age-old quest for celestial-terrestrial connections." - Roberta J.M. Olson, author of Giotto's Portrait of Halley's Comet and Cosmos: The Art and Science of the Universe "Professor Mendillo's book does a priceless service, opening the doors of our minds to images that will stir us, because the heavens are part of us, and we all long to know how and why." - Rev. David R. Thom, MIT Chaplain and Convener of the Cambridge Faculty Roundtable on Science, Art & Religion "Over a lifetime devoted to astronomical research and teaching, Michael Mendillo has indulged a parallel passion for artistic representations of the heavenly bodies. In this sumptuous volume, he explores the projection of our changing belief systems onto the constant stars." - Dava Sobel, author of Longitude, Galileo's Daughter, and The Glass Universe.

ISBN: 9783030842703$q(electronic bk.)

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-030-84270-3doiSubjects--Topical Terms:

925519
Astronomy
--Religious aspects.

LC Class. No.: QB14.5 / .M46 2022

Dewey Class. No.: 520

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