Giuliano d’Arrigo, known as “il Pesello”, Northern hemisphere

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

Giuliano d’Arrigo, known as “il Pesello”, Northern hemisphere

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Giuliano d'Arrigo, known as "il Pesello" (1367-1446)
Northern hemisphere, 1442-1446
Florence, San Lorenzo, Old Sacristy
Full-size replica
Opera Laboratori Fiorentini

This fresco shows the night sky over Florence as it looked on 4 July 1442, marking René d'Anjou's propitious arrival in the city. The artist probably relied on Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli's astronomical advice.