Athanasius Kircher's theatre of the world
the life and work of the last man to search for universal knowledge
by Joscelyn Godwin
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"A major study of both the written and pictorial work of a neglected genius whose breadth of interest made him the last Renaissance man."--Provided by publisher.
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Biography, Renaissance, Intellectual life, Criticism and interpretation, Illustrators, Intellectuals, Illustration of books, Scholars, History, Renaissance, germany, Intellectuals, germany, Germany, biography, Germany, intellectual life, Illumination of books and manuscriptsPlaces
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Athanasius Kircher's theatre of the world: the life and work of the last man to search for universal knowledge
2009, Inner Traditions
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1594773297 9781594773297
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Athanasius Kircher's Theatre of the World
2001, Thames & Hudson Ltd
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0500291748 9780500291740
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n the 17th century Athanasius Kircher was a phenomenon. In the 21st he has become a cult. He had an extraordinary imagination, comparable to the most avant-garde modern artist, even (or often especially) when he was wrong.
By profession a Jesuit priest, he made himself an authority on almost every subject under the sun. His most vaunted achievement was to translate the Egyptian hieroglyphs, and though he got them wrong his work marked the beginning of Egyptology.
Kircher was the first to map ocean currents; the first to offer a comprehensive theory of vulcanism; the first to compile an encyclopaedia on China, a dictionary of Coptic, a book dedicated solely to acoustics; the first to construct a machine for coding messages and another for composing music.
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