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Passionate Customer Service Museum Quality Art Prints Customization Options AvailableSince time immemorial, people have been concerned with the universe, the starry sky and the role that the Earth plays in the cosmos. Over centuries, various world systems were developed and then rejected by scientists: From the geocentric worldview of antiquity, which Claudius Ptolemy developed mathematically, to the heliocentric worldview created by Nicolaus Copernicus and Johannes Kepler. These world views were also taken up and aesthetically processed in art. Probably the most famous collection of such representations is the "Harmonia Macrocosmica", a richly illustrated celestial atlas with artwork by Andreas Cellarius.
Andreas Keller or Andreas Cellarius, as his Latinized name is, was a German astronomer, mathematician and cosmographer active in the Baroque period. He spent most of his life in the Netherlands, where he probably began his work on the Celestial Atlas as early as the 1620s. The production of globes and precise maps already had a long tradition in the Netherlands, and so it was a Flemish printer, Johannes Janssonius, who published the "Harmonia Macrocosmica" in 1660 as a supplement to his "Atlas Novus absolutissimus". This marked the completion of the atlas of the earth and the heavens, which had already been planned by the famous cartographer Gerhard Mercator. In the atlas, the development of the world views and systems of Claudius Ptolemy, Nicolaus Copernicus and Tycho Brahe can be found on highly elaborately designed and colored copper plates. In addition, the atlas features a further eight copper plates depicting constellations according to Christian and classical interpretations.
In 1708 the atlas was published again, this time by the publishers Gerard Valk and Petrus Schenk. There, the extensive text sections that were still found in the first publication were omitted. This edition is today in the possession of the German Museum in Munich. Today, the Star Atlas is not only considered one of the most spectacular works of art in the history of astronomy, it is also often referred to as the "Cellarius Atlas". And even though the works are outdated from an astronomical point of view, they still testify to great artistic craftsmanship and display a poetic visual language. Some of the engravings from the book are even exhibited in the form of large-format metal panels for wall decoration in the Kopernikusstraße subway station in Hanover.
Beyond his best-known work, other engravings and engravings by him have survived, which deal with astronomy and the work of scientists, for example "Astronomers look through a telescope", as well as work on Christian motifs, for example "Peter deny Christ". Cellarius also published "Architectura Militaris," a work on fortress construction, in 1645, as well as "Regni Poloniae," a regional geography of Poland, in 1652. The thematic diversity of his publications makes him a typical scholar of the Baroque period. In memory of Andreas Cellarius, the asteroid 12618 Cellarius was named after him in 2008.
Since time immemorial, people have been concerned with the universe, the starry sky and the role that the Earth plays in the cosmos. Over centuries, various world systems were developed and then rejected by scientists: From the geocentric worldview of antiquity, which Claudius Ptolemy developed mathematically, to the heliocentric worldview created by Nicolaus Copernicus and Johannes Kepler. These world views were also taken up and aesthetically processed in art. Probably the most famous collection of such representations is the "Harmonia Macrocosmica", a richly illustrated celestial atlas with artwork by Andreas Cellarius.
Andreas Keller or Andreas Cellarius, as his Latinized name is, was a German astronomer, mathematician and cosmographer active in the Baroque period. He spent most of his life in the Netherlands, where he probably began his work on the Celestial Atlas as early as the 1620s. The production of globes and precise maps already had a long tradition in the Netherlands, and so it was a Flemish printer, Johannes Janssonius, who published the "Harmonia Macrocosmica" in 1660 as a supplement to his "Atlas Novus absolutissimus". This marked the completion of the atlas of the earth and the heavens, which had already been planned by the famous cartographer Gerhard Mercator. In the atlas, the development of the world views and systems of Claudius Ptolemy, Nicolaus Copernicus and Tycho Brahe can be found on highly elaborately designed and colored copper plates. In addition, the atlas features a further eight copper plates depicting constellations according to Christian and classical interpretations.
In 1708 the atlas was published again, this time by the publishers Gerard Valk and Petrus Schenk. There, the extensive text sections that were still found in the first publication were omitted. This edition is today in the possession of the German Museum in Munich. Today, the Star Atlas is not only considered one of the most spectacular works of art in the history of astronomy, it is also often referred to as the "Cellarius Atlas". And even though the works are outdated from an astronomical point of view, they still testify to great artistic craftsmanship and display a poetic visual language. Some of the engravings from the book are even exhibited in the form of large-format metal panels for wall decoration in the Kopernikusstraße subway station in Hanover.
Beyond his best-known work, other engravings and engravings by him have survived, which deal with astronomy and the work of scientists, for example "Astronomers look through a telescope", as well as work on Christian motifs, for example "Peter deny Christ". Cellarius also published "Architectura Militaris," a work on fortress construction, in 1645, as well as "Regni Poloniae," a regional geography of Poland, in 1652. The thematic diversity of his publications makes him a typical scholar of the Baroque period. In memory of Andreas Cellarius, the asteroid 12618 Cellarius was named after him in 2008.
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.jpg "Map of the celestial Southern Hemisphere by Andreas Cellarius")
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.jpg "Representation of the Copernican System of the Universe with the Movements of the Earth in Relation to the Sun by Andreas Cellarius")
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.jpg "Harmonia Macrocosmica. The planisphere of Copernicus by Andreas Cellarius")
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.jpg "The Copernican System of the Sun, from the")
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.jpg "Representation of the Universe as the Model of Copernicus by Andreas Cellarius")
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.jpg "Celestial Planisphere Showing the Signs of the Zodiac, from")
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_Atlas_Coelestis_seu_Harmonia_Macrocosmica_1661_Fol_-_(MeisterDrucke-1422948).jpg "Atlas Coelestis seu Harmonia Macrocosmica. 1661. Fol 24. Hemisphaerium stellatum boreale antiquum. Representation of the Northern Hemisphere. Printed in Amsterdam by Johannes Janssonius. Early Modern Era by Andreas Cellarius")
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.jpg "Depiction of the Geo-Heliocentric Universe of Tycho Brahe by Andreas Cellarius")
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.jpg "World Map, Study of the Earth Based on Ptolemy")
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.jpg "Map of Christian Constellations, 1660-1661 by Andreas Cellarius")
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.jpg "Phases of Moon and its orbit, engraving from Harmonia Macrocosmica, by Andreas Cellarius by Andreas Cellarius")
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.jpg "Harmonia Macrocosmica, Ptolemaic theory of planetary motion, engraving by Andreas Cellarius")
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.jpg "Ptolemaic System, 1660-1661 by Andreas Cellarius")
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.jpg "Map Showing Tycho Brahe")
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.jpg "Harmonia Macrocosmica, or, Universal and New Atlas, Exhibiting the General and New Cosmography of the Entire Created Universe by Andreas Cellarius")
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 pub by Joannes Janssonius Amsterdam 1660-61 (hand - (MeisterDrucke-167122).jpg "Chart Describing the Movement of the Planets, from")
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.jpg "Chart Describing the Movement of the Planets by Andreas Cellarius")
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.jpg "Copernican Astronomical Chart (1660) by Andreas Cellarius")
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.jpg "Celestial Map Illustrating Ptolemy")
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.jpg "Map Showing Tycho Brahe")
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.jpg "Map of the Christian Constellations as Depicted by Julius Schiller, from The Celestial Atlas by Andreas Cellarius")
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.jpg "1660 Illustration of Claudius Ptolemy")
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.jpg "1660 celestial chart illustrating the Sun")
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.jpg "Celestial Map of the Constellations of the Southern Hemisphere (1660) by Andreas Cellarius")
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.jpg "Celestial Planisphere Showing the Signs of the Zodiac by Andreas Cellarius")
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.jpg "1660 Geocentric Model Chart by Andreas Cellarius")
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.jpg "The Conjunction of the Planets by Andreas Cellarius")
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.jpg "Sky Map and Description of Venus and Mercury, Etching by Andreas Cellarius by Andreas Cellarius")
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.jpg "1661 Cellarius")
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.jpg "Tycho Brahe")
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.jpg "The Conjunction of the Planets, from")
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.jpg "Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish astronomer by Andreas Cellarius")
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.jpg "1660 Chart Illustrating Tycho Brahe")
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.jpg "Trajectories of planets and stars as seen from Earth, from Harmonia Macrocosmica by Andreas Cellarius")
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.jpg "Harmonia Macrocosmica, 19. Typus Selenographicus, Lunae Phases & Aspectus by Andreas Cellarius")
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.jpg "1660 model of orbits of the planets by Andreas Cellarius by Andreas Cellarius")
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.jpg "Chart Illustrating Tycho Brahe")
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.jpg "The Copernican System,")
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.jpg "Celestial Map Showing the Magnitude of Various Celestial Bodies and Stars (1660) by Andreas Cellarius")
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.jpg "1660 Chart Illustrating the Theory of Epicycles by Andreas Cellarius")
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.jpg "David Playing the Harp for Saul by Andreas Cellarius")
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.jpg "Map charting the movement of the Earth and Planets by Andreas Cellarius")
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 Hemisphere from The Celestial Atlas or the Harmony of the Universe engraved by Pieter Schenk (1660-1719) and Gerard Valk (1651-1726) (hand-coloured engraving) - (MeisterDrucke-81659).jpg "Northern (Boreal) Hemisphere, from")
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.jpg "Solar system according to Claudius Ptolemy by Andreas Cellarius")
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.jpg "Harmonia Macrocosmica, seu, Atlas Universalis et Novus, Totius Universi Creati Cosmographiam Generalem, et Novam Exhibens by Andreas Cellarius")
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.jpg "Astronomers Looking Through a Telescope (detail) by Andreas Cellarius")
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.jpg "Chart Illustrating Aratus")
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.jpg "1660 Celestial Map of the Southern Sky by Andreas Cellarius")
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.jpg "Southern Hemisphere Constellations Scenographically over the Terrestrial Globe by Andreas Cellarius")
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.jpg "1661 Celestial Map of the Southern Sky by Andreas Cellarius")
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.jpg "23. Coeli Stellati Christiani Hisphaerium Posterius by Andreas Cellarius")
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.jpg "Ancient Southern Starry Hemisphere by Andreas Cellarius")
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.jpg "Corner Detail of a Geocentric Map, Showing the Ptolemaic Systems (from The Celestial Atlas, or the Harmony of the Universe, Amsterdam, c.1660) by Andreas Cellarius")
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.jpg "1660 celestial map of constellations according to Christian symbolism by Andreas Cellarius")
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.jpg "1660 celestial chart illustrating the motions of both the upright sphere and the oblique sphere by Andreas Cellarius")
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.jpg "Peter denying Christ by Andreas Cellarius")
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.jpg "Astronomers looking through a telescope, 1660-1661 by Andreas Cellarius")
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.jpg "1660 Celestial Chart Showing the Selenographic Phases of the Moon by Andreas Cellarius")
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.jpg "An Astronomer, detail from a map of the planets, from")
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.jpg "1660 Celestial Map by Andreas Cellarius")
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.jpg "Celestial Chart Illustrating Aratus")
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.jpg "Celestial Map Illustrating the Constellations of the Northern Hemisphere (1660) by Andreas Cellarius")
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.jpg "1708 Celestial Chart - Haemisphaerii Borealis Coeli et Terrae Sphaeri Cascenographia by Andreas Cellarius")
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.jpg "Sizes of Celestial Bodies by Andreas Cellarius")
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.jpg "Celestial Map of the Southern Sky by Andreas Cellarius (1660) by Andreas Cellarius")
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.jpg "1660 celestial chart representing the constellations according to Christian symbolism by Andreas Cellarius")
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.jpg "12. Hemispheres of Right and Oblique Spheres, Both by Andreas Cellarius")
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.jpg "1660 Celestial Map by Andreas Cellarius")
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_studying_globes_and_the_sky_chart_detai_-_(MeisterDrucke-1040888).jpg "Scientists (Astrologers and Astronomers) Studying Globes and the Sky Chart, Detail from Atlas Coelestis seu Harmonia Macrocosmica by Andreas Cellarius (1596-1665) by Andreas Cellarius")
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.jpg "An astronomer (detail) by Andreas Cellarius")
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.jpg "1661 Celestial Model Showing the Movements of Venus and Mercury by Andreas Cellarius")
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