Maria Clara Eimmart, Phase of the Moon, Phases of Venus, Aspect of Jupiter, Aspect of Saturn

INTRODUCTION
- Man and the stars
SECTION I
- The dawn of astronomy: Mesopotamia, Egypt and the Biblical Cosmos
SECTION II
- The cosmos becomes a sphere
SECTION III
- The geometry of the cosmos
SECTION IV
- The skies of Islam
SECTION V
- Evangelisation of the cosmos
SECTION VI
- The Renaissance of Astronomy
SECTION VII
- Galileo: the cosmos through the telescope
SECTION VIII
- From Galileo to Newton

Phase of the Moon, Phases of Venus, Aspect of Jupiter, Aspect of Saturn

Maria Clara Eimmart, Phase of the Moon, Phases of Venus, Aspect of Jupiter, Aspect of Saturn

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Maria Clara Eimmart (1676-1707)
Phase of the Moon, Phases of Venus, Aspect of Jupiter, Aspect of Saturn, late 17th century
Bologna, Museo della Specola, Università di Bologna, inv. MdS 124e, MdS 124g, MdS 124i, MdS 124l

Four examples of the set of 12 depictions of heavenly phenomena produced by Eimmart. They show the main discoveries made by Galileo and by astronomers of later generations.