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- catalog abstract ""From early perceptions of the Moon as an abode of divine forces, humanity has in turn accepted the mathematized Moon of the Greeks, the naturalistic lunar portrait of Jan van Eyck, and the telescopic view of Galileo. Scott Montgomery has produced a richly detailed analysis of how the Moon has been visualized in Western culture through the ages, revealing the faces it has presented to philosophers, writers, artists, and scientists for nearly three millennia. To do this, he has drawn on a wide array of sources that illustrate mankind's changing concept of the nature and significance of heavenly bodies from classical antiquity to the dawn of modern science."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Moon and the western imagination".
- catalog contributor b11400182.
- catalog coverage "Moon In art.".
- catalog coverage "Moon In literature.".
- catalog coverage "Moon Maps.".
- catalog coverage "Moon.".
- catalog created "c1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "c1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
- catalog description ""From early perceptions of the Moon as an abode of divine forces, humanity has in turn accepted the mathematized Moon of the Greeks, the naturalistic lunar portrait of Jan van Eyck, and the telescopic view of Galileo. Scott Montgomery has produced a richly detailed analysis of how the Moon has been visualized in Western culture through the ages, revealing the faces it has presented to philosophers, writers, artists, and scientists for nearly three millennia. To do this, he has drawn on a wide array of sources that illustrate mankind's changing concept of the nature and significance of heavenly bodies from classical antiquity to the dawn of modern science."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "First modern planet -- How the Moon began: ideas of lunar reality in antiquity -- Epic journeys and flights of fancy: images of the Moon in Plutarch and Lucian -- Moon and medieval science: text and images before the twelfth century -- Later middle ages: from symbolism to naturalism -- First drawings of the lunar surface -- British contribution: William Gilbert and Thomas Harriot -- Galileo: maps without names -- Return to the text: literary explorations of lunar geography -- Efforts from France and Belgium: Peiresc-Gassendi and Van Langren -- Johannes Hevelius: a Moon of higher origins -- Riccioli: the Moon as a conflictual community -- Lunar legacy: names and the planets -- Lunar cycle.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-255) and index.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 265 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Moon & the western imagination.".
- catalog identifier "0816517118 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0816519897 (paper : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Moon & the western imagination.".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "c1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Tucson : University of Arizona Press,".
- catalog relation "Moon & the western imagination.".
- catalog spatial "Moon In art.".
- catalog spatial "Moon In literature.".
- catalog spatial "Moon Maps.".
- catalog spatial "Moon.".
- catalog subject "523.3 21".
- catalog subject "QB581 .M6475 1999".
- catalog tableOfContents "First modern planet -- How the Moon began: ideas of lunar reality in antiquity -- Epic journeys and flights of fancy: images of the Moon in Plutarch and Lucian -- Moon and medieval science: text and images before the twelfth century -- Later middle ages: from symbolism to naturalism -- First drawings of the lunar surface -- British contribution: William Gilbert and Thomas Harriot -- Galileo: maps without names -- Return to the text: literary explorations of lunar geography -- Efforts from France and Belgium: Peiresc-Gassendi and Van Langren -- Johannes Hevelius: a Moon of higher origins -- Riccioli: the Moon as a conflictual community -- Lunar legacy: names and the planets -- Lunar cycle.".
- catalog title "Moon and the western imagination".
- catalog title "The moon & the western imagination / Scott L. Montgomery.".
- catalog type "Art. fast".
- catalog type "Maps. fast".
- catalog type "text".