Imagining the Heavens Across Eurasia from Antiquity to Early Modernity |
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| Editor:
| Brentjes, Rana
Brentjes, Sonja
Mastorakou, Stamantina
Schäfer, Dagmar |
| Series title: | Art Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-88-6977-424-9 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2024 |
| Publisher: | Mimesis Edizioni
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $53.99 |
Book Description:
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This book surveys how humans across Eurasia depicted their knowledge of the heavens over a period of nearly 4,000 years. Frequently focusing on enigmatic objects, the authors present a wide variety of objects - through text and pictures - from tombs, churches, temples, caves, museums, libraries and even a bathroom. Analyzing and contextualizing the
This book surveys how humans across Eurasia depicted their knowledge of the heavens over a period of nearly 4,000 years. Frequently focusing on enigmatic objects, the authors present a wide variety of objects - through text and pictures - from tombs, churches, temples, caves, museums, libraries and even a bathroom. Analyzing and contextualizing the