The first Galileo's astronomical discoveries date back exactly 400 years ago and in 2009, the United Nations to devote to recurrence, Florence pays tribute to the epic human and intellectual one of its most brilliant with a rich and spectacular shows at the Palazzo Strozzi from March 13 to August 30, 2009: Galileo. Images of the universe from the telescope.
The journey through time and space suggests that exposure starts with the visions and mystical poetry of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, continues with the Greek cosmologies characterized by brilliant homocentric spheres of Eudoxus, through the global architecture of Ptolemy and 'Arab astronomy, recalls rework Christian lands to the heliocentric theory of Copernicus that inspired Galileo and Kepler, the scholars who offered a contribution the affirmation of all, with Newton, the new conception of the universe.
The journey through time and space suggests that exposure starts with the visions and mystical poetry of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, continues with the Greek cosmologies characterized by brilliant homocentric spheres of Eudoxus, through the global architecture of Ptolemy and 'Arab astronomy, recalls rework Christian lands to the heliocentric theory of Copernicus that inspired Galileo and Kepler, the scholars who offered a contribution the affirmation of all, with Newton, the new conception of the universe.
Enriched by fascinating multimedia and popular movies, this path is illustrated by archaeological finds, scientific instruments of exceptional beauty and ingenuity, celestial atlases, drawings, paintings (unpublished spectacular frescoes of Pompeii, as well as Botticelli, Rubens, Guercino ), sculptures, illuminated manuscripts and precious extraordinary operating cosmological models made for the occasion. Among the items the most spectacular astronomical monumental tapestry of Toledo, the Farnese Atlas, a mysterious painting Linder Gallery Interior exhibited for the first time and Galileo's telescope.
The exhibition also delves into the universe of fears and hopes of mankind, describing the relationship between astronomy and astrology, the reports suggests that the imagination has always been between the configurations of the stars, on the one hand, and power, music, medicine, the formation of character and inclinations, to the extraordinary fascination that cosmology has practiced architecture and art, on the other.
The exhibition also delves into the universe of fears and hopes of mankind, describing the relationship between astronomy and astrology, the reports suggests that the imagination has always been between the configurations of the stars, on the one hand, and power, music, medicine, the formation of character and inclinations, to the extraordinary fascination that cosmology has practiced architecture and art, on the other.
Palazzo Strozzi, Florence 13 March to 30 August 2009
Hours: Daily
9.00 to 20.00
9.00 to 20.00
Thursday hours from 9.00 to 23.00
WHOLE € 10.00
More than 65 years, organized groups of min. 15 people affiliated groups *, college students, disabled, living in Florence
€ 8.50 *
CONVENTIONS
ACI, FAI, Touring Club, holders of tickets or subscriptions ATAF, Trenitalia tickets international, national or Eurail Italy Pass FMR Symposium card holders, customers, Hotel Reservation, Florence Parking ticket holders, Casa Buonarroti Museum, Basilica of Santa Maria Novella , Basilica of San Lorenzo, Pisa shows the telescope and the brush
One adult with at least one child, Coop, Museum Horne ticket holders, Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Florence theaters Association of Theatres, Alitalia SpA
€ 8.00
Employees Association Partners Palazzo Strozzi companies, customers of Bank CR Firenze and Intesa Sanpaolo, Ikea Family Card holders
€ 7.50 Combined ticket for school groups and exhibition complex of Santa Croce
€ 5.00 Children aged 7 to 18 years, organized groups of university students, primary schools and secondary MaggioCard owners. Every Tuesday students
€ 4.00
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