书目名称 | Decoding Astronomy in Art and Architecture | 编辑 | Marion Dolan | 视频video | | 概述 | Presents fascinating examples of cultural and archaeoastronomy from around the world.Examines many mediums, including sculpture, architecture, urban planning, and art.Written in a nontechnical poetic | 丛书名称 | Springer Praxis Books | 图书封面 |  | 描述 | .For centuries, our ancestors carefully observed the movements of the heavens and wove that astronomical knowledge into their city planning, architecture, mythology, paintings, sculpture, and poetry. This book uncovers the hidden messages and advanced science encoded within these sacred spaces, showing how the rhythmic motions of the night sky played a central role across many different cultures. .Our astronomical tour transports readers through time and space, from prehistoric megaliths to Renaissance paintings, Greco-Roman temples to Inca architecture. Along the way, you will investigate unexpected findings at Lascaux, Delphi, Petra, Angkor Wat, Borobudur, and many more archaeological sites both famous and little known. Through these vivid examples, you will come to appreciate the masterful ways that astronomical knowledge was incorporated into each society’s religion and mythology, then translated into their physical surroundings. .The latest archaeoastronomical studies and discoveries are recounted through a poetic and nontechnical narrative, revealing how many longstanding beliefs about our ancestors are being overturned. Through this celestial journey, readers of all backgrou | 出版日期 | Book 2021 | 关键词 | Ancient cosmology; Sacred architecture; Cultural astronomy; Celestial Symbolism; Maya cosmology; Buddhist | 版次 | 1 | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76511-8 | isbn_softcover | 978-3-030-76510-1 | isbn_ebook | 978-3-030-76511-8 | copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerl |
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