Decoding astronomy in art and architecture / Marion Dolan.
Dolan, Marion, author.
2021
N7650 .D64 2021
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Title
Decoding astronomy in art and architecture / Marion Dolan.
Author
Dolan, Marion, author.
ISBN
9783030765118 (electronic bk.)
3030765113 (electronic bk.)
9783030765101
3030765105
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76511-8
Published
Cham : Springer ; Chichester, UK : Praxis Publishing, [2021]
Copyright
©2021
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : illustrations (chiefly color)
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-030-76511-8 doi
Call Number
N7650 .D64 2021
Dewey Decimal Classification
704.9/43
Summary
For centuries, our ancestors carefully observed the movements of the heavens and wove that astronomical knowledge into their city planning, architecture, mythology, paintings, sculpture, and poetry. This book uncovers the hidden messages and advanced science encoded within these sacred spaces, showing how the rhythmic motions of the night sky played a central role across many different cultures. Our astronomical tour transports readers through time and space, from prehistoric megaliths to Renaissance paintings, Greco-Roman temples to Inca architecture. Along the way, you will investigate unexpected findings at Lascaux, Delphi, Petra, Angkor Wat, Borobudur, and many more archaeological sites both famous and little known. Through these vivid examples, you will come to appreciate the masterful ways that astronomical knowledge was incorporated into each society's religion and mythology, then translated into their physical surroundings. The latest archaeoastronomical studies and discoveries are recounted through a poetic and nontechnical narrative, revealing how many longstanding beliefs about our ancestors are being overturned. Through this celestial journey, readers of all backgrounds will learn the basics about this exciting field and share in the wonders of cultural astronomy.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 24, 2021).
Series
Springer-Praxis books in popular astronomy. 2626-8779
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Print version: 9783030765101
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Part I: History of Cosmic Symbolism in Art and Architecture
Chapter 1: Introduction to the Book Topics
Chapter 2: Basics of Astronomy and Archaeoastronomy
Chapter 3: World's Earliest Art and Astronomy
Chapter 4: Neolithic Art, Architecture and Astronomy
Chapter 5: Art, Architecture and Astronomy in Ireland
Chapter 6: Art, Architecture and Astronomy in England
Part II: Astronomical Art and Architecture of Southeast Asia
Chapter 7: Hinduism and Cosmology in India
Chapter 8: Art, Architecture and Astronomy at Angkor Wat Temple
Chapter 9: Art, Architecture and Astronomy of Buddhism
Part III: Astronomical Art and Architecture of China
Chapter 10 Art, Architecture and Astronomy in China
Part IV: Astronomical Art and Architecture of the Classical World
Chapter 11: Art, Architecture and Astronomy in Classical Greece
Chapter 12: Art, Architecture and Astronomy of Petra
Chapter 13: Art, Architecture and Astronomy in the Roman Empire
Part V: Astronomical Art and Architecture of Early Europe
Chapter 14: Art. Architecture and Astronomy during the Middle Ages
Chapter 15: Art, Architecture and Astronomy during the Renaissance
Part VI: Astronomical Art and Architecture of the New World
Chapter 16: Art, Architecture and Astronomy at Teotihuacan
Chapter 17: Art, Architecture and Astronomy in South America
Index.

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