{"product_id":"9780198861300","title":"The Ghost of Galileo : In a forgotten painting from the English Civil War","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Heilbron, J.L. (University of California, Berkeley), \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 28\/01\/2021,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 528 pages, Full colour images throughout,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Oxford University Press,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOxford University Press,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: History of science\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780198861300\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003eIn 1643\/4 the once-famous Francis Cleyn painted the unhappy young heir of Corfe Castle, John Bankes, and his tutor, Dr Maurice Williams. The painter is now almost forgotten,the painting much neglected, and the sitters themselves have left little to mark their lives, but on the table of the painting lies a book, open to an immediately identifiable and very significant page. The representation omits the author's name and the book's title; it sits there as a code, asonly viewers who had encountered the original and the characteristic figures on its frontispiece would have known its significance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book is Galileo's Dialogue on the two chief world systems (1632), the defence of Copernican cosmology that incited the infamous clash between its author and theChurch, and its presence in this painting is no accident, but instead a statement of learning, attitudes, and cosmopolitan engagement in European discourse by the painting's English subjects. Grasping hold of the clue, John Helibron deciphers the significance of this contentious book's appearance in a painting from Stuart England to unravel the interlocking threads of art history, political and religious history, and the history of science. Drawing on unexploited archival material and a wide range of printed works, he weaves together English court culture and Italian connections, as well as the astronomical and astrological knowledge propagated in contemporary almanacs and deployedin art, architecture, plays, masques, and political discourse.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHeilbron also explores the biographies of Sir John Bankes (father of the sitter), Sir Maurice, and the painter, Francis Cleyn, setting them into the narrative of their rich and cultured history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":37991556710553,"sku":"9780198861300","price":29.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9780198861300.jpg?v=1612372402","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9780198861300","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}