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Celestial Globe

Johann Ludwig Andreae1715

Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg

Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg
Nuremberg, Germany

On this globe, protestant clergyman Johann Ludwig Andrae drew all the then known fixed stars and combined them to form coloured constellations. He omitted many new figures established in more recent astronomy, and simply extended traditional constellations. Terrestrial and celestial globes were often made and bought in pairs. Just as a terrestrial globe depicts the world beneath the feet, the celestial globe shows the world above the heads.

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  • Title: Celestial Globe
  • Creator: Johann Ludwig Andreae
  • Date Created: 1715
  • Location: Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg, temporary exhibition "Signs of the future"
  • Physical Dimensions: H 80 cm; D 59 cm
  • Rights: Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nürnberg (Foto: GNM / Georg Janßen)
  • Medium: cardboard, gypsum, wood, hand-coloured copperplate engravings
  • Art Movement: Baroque
Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg

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