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Urania, the Muse of Astronomy, weighing and comparing systems of the universe, 1651
Urania, the Muse of Astronomy, weighing and comparing systems of the universe, 1651. She is depicted giving greater weight to Tycho Brahe's system, right, than to that of Copernicus. Ptolemy's system is discarded at her feet. From Almagestum Novum by Giovanni Battista Riccioli. (Bologna, 1651).
Unique Identifier
AR924655
Type
Image
Purpose
Public
Size
3384px × 5161px
Photo Credit
HIP / Art Resource, NY
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17th century
Allegory
Astronomy
B&W
B/W
belief
Black & White
Black and white
Brahe
Brahe, Tycho de (1546-1601)
Cherub
CLAUDIUS
Claudius of Ptolemaeus
Claudius Ptolemy
comparison
concept
CONTROVERSY
Copernican system
COPERNICUS
country
Engraving
GIOVANNI BATTISTA
Giovanni Battista Riccioli
Italian
Italy
LOCATION
Monochrome
MUSE
MYTHOLOGY
Nicolaus
NICOLAUS COPERNICUS
Oxford Science Archive
Print Collector1
Ptolemaic System
PTOLEMY
Putto
Riccioli
Science
SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
THEORY
Tycho
Universe
URANIA
WEIGHING