Flammarion engraving
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| + | The '''Flammarion engraving''' is a [[wood engraving]] by an unknown artist, so named because its first documented appearance is in [[Camille Flammarion]]'s 1888 book ''L'atmosphère: météorologie populaire'' ("The Atmosphere: Popular Meteorology"). The engraving has often, but erroneously, been referred to as a [[woodcut]]. It has been used to represent a supposedly medieval cosmology, including a [[flat earth]] bounded by a solid and opaque sky, or [[firmament]], and also as a metaphorical illustration of either the [[Science|scientific]] or the [[Mysticism|mystical]] quests for knowledge. | ||
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| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | *[[Biblical cosmology]] | ||
| + | *[[Firmament]] | ||
| + | *[[Celestial spheres]] | ||
| + | *[[Primum Mobile]] | ||
| + | *[[Empyrean]] | ||
| - | [[Spießbürger]]tum. Ähnliche Blätter erscheinen in anderen Ländern: der ''[[Punch (Zeitschrift)|Punch]]'' in [[London]], die ''[[Fliegende Blätter|Fliegenden Blätter]]'' in [[München]] oder der ''[[Kladderadatsch]]'' in [[Berlin]]. | ||
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The Flammarion engraving is a wood engraving by an unknown artist, so named because its first documented appearance is in Camille Flammarion's 1888 book L'atmosphère: météorologie populaire ("The Atmosphere: Popular Meteorology"). The engraving has often, but erroneously, been referred to as a woodcut. It has been used to represent a supposedly medieval cosmology, including a flat earth bounded by a solid and opaque sky, or firmament, and also as a metaphorical illustration of either the scientific or the mystical quests for knowledge.
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