The Astronomical Framework Underlying the Sala di Galatea

• Autores: Elly Dekker
• Localización: Nuncius: annali di storia della scienza, ISSN 0394-7394, Vol. 33, Nº. 3, 2018, págs. 537-561
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This paper examines the much-debated ceiling painting by Baldassare Peruzzi on the vault of the loggia in Agostino Chigi’s Villa Farnesina. To date, most studies have examined the ceiling painting from a largely astrological and mythological point of view. Here an astronomically coherent model is proposed that helps to clarify the structure and several of the individual features of the painting.