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Title: The Ecstatic Journey: Athanasius Kircher in Baroque Rome by Ingrid D. Rowland ISBN: 0-943056-25-X Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: 01 February, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
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Summary: Polymathic Wonder
Comment: This catalogue, which documents an exhibition held at the University of Chicago Library two years ago, serves as a fine introduction to Kircher, as well as an important constellation of figures at the heart of seventeenth century Baroque Rome. Kircher, one of the most prodigious of seventeenth century polymaths, sat at the helm of the Jesuit Collegio Romano and had connections with the likes of Galileo and Borromini. Kircher created endlessly absorbing, vertiginous works on a variety of topics, including magic lanterns, Chinese wonders, Egyptian hieroglyphs, the Temple of Solomon, the Tower of Babel and music. The catalogue has clear, but reduced, reproductions of the etched illustrations from several of these works. In the accompanying essay, the author does a fine job of illuminating the many strands of Kircher's work, providing numerous insights into Jesuit/Baroque science and politics, as well as seventeenth century art and architecture. The catalogue certainly makes one wish for a full scale study of Kircher in the near future.
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Title: Athanasius Kircher: The Last Man Who Knew Everything by Paula Findlen ISBN: 0415940168 Publisher: Routledge Pub. Date: 01 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Possessing Nature: Museums, Collecting and Scientific Culture in Early Modern Italy (Studies on the History of Society and Culture , No 20) by Paula Findlen ISBN: 0520205081 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 1996 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Wonders and the Order of Nature, 1150-1750 by Lorraine Daston, Katharine Park ISBN: 0942299914 Publisher: Zone Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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Title: The Eye of the Lynx: Galileo, His Friends, and the Beginnings of Modern Natural History by David Freedberg ISBN: 0226261484 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: 01 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $34.00 |
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Title: Merchants and Marvels: Commerce, Science, and Art in Early Modern Europe by Pamela H. Smith, Paula Findlen ISBN: 0415928168 Publisher: Routledge Pub. Date: 01 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $31.95 |
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