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Astronomicum Caesareum, Dragon Centerpiece, 1540
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Title: Astronomicum Caesareum, Dragon Centerpiece, 1540
Caption: Astronomicum Caesareum depicts the cosmos and heavens according to the 1400 year old Ptolemaic system, which maintained that the sun revolved around the earth. By means of hand colored maps and moveable paper parts (volvelles), Petrus Apianus (1495-1552) laid out the mechanics of a universe that was earth-centered and human-centered. Within three years of Apianus's book, this view was challenged by Copernicus's assertion that the earth revolved around the sun, making this elaborate publication outdated. A dragon is a legendary creature, typically with serpentine or reptilian traits, that features in the myths of many cultures.
Category: ILLUSTRATION • History: Ancient
Credit: Album / Science Source / New York Public Library
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Image size: 3677 × 4511 px | 47.5 MB
Print size: 31.1 × 38.2 cm | 1447.6 × 1776.0 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: 1540 • 16 16TH XVI XVITH SIXTEENTH CENTURY • 16 CENTURY • 16TH CENTURY • 16TH • ANIMAL MYTHOLOGICAL • APIAN • APIANUS • ART • ARTWORK • ASTRONOMIA • ASTRONOMICAL • ASTRONOMICUM CAESAREUM • ASTRONOMY • CELESTIAL BODY • CELESTIAL OBJECT • DIAGRAM • DRACO CONSTELLATION • DRACO • DRAGON • DRAWING • EARTH CENTERED • EMPEROR'S ASTRONOMY • ENGRAVING • FABULOUS ANIMAL • FABULOUS ANIMALS • GEOCENTRIC MODEL • GEOCENTRIC • GEOCENTRISM • HAND COLORED • HEAVENLY BODIES • HEAVENLY BODY • HISTORIC • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • HISTORY: ANCIENT • ILLUSTRATION • ILLUSTRATIONS • ILUSTRATION • IMAGINARY ANIMAL • IMAGINARY CREATURE • LEGEND • LEGENDARY ANIMAL • LEGENDARY CREATURE • LEGENDARY • MAPS • MITOLOGICO ANIMAL • MYTH • MYTHICAL • MYTHOLOGICAL ANIMAL • MYTHOLOGICAL ANIMAL: ALL • MYTHOLOGICAL BEAST • MYTHOLOGICAL CREATURE • MYTHOLOGICAL • MYTHOLOGY • P. APIANUS • PETER APIAN • PETRUS APIANUS • PTOLEMAIC COSMOGRAPHY • PTOLEMAIC SYSTEM • REPTILIAN BODY • SCIENCE • SERPENT • SOLAR SYSTEM • VOLVELLE • WINGED CREATURE • XVI CENTURY
