Farnese Atlas - Wikipedia
WEBFarnese Atlas is a Roman marble statue of Atlas holding a celestial globe with 41 constellations. It is the oldest known representation of the celestial sphere and the classical constellations, possibly based on Hipparchus' lost star catalog.
THE EPOCH OF THE CONSTELLATIONS ON THE FARNESE ATLAS …
WEBThe Farnese Atlas is a Roman statue depicting the Titan Atlas holding up a celestial globe that displays an accurate representation of the ancient Greek constellations (see Figures 1 and 2).
The Farnese Atlas – Electrum Magazine
WEBSep 29, 2016 · Named the Farnese Atlas after its collectors ‘ the wealthy Italian Farnese family whose status included cardinals and popes with boundless appetites for antiquity ‘ and its subject, the sculpture is believed to be a 2nd century CE Roman copy of …
WEBThe so-called Farnese Atlas, currently located in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale in Naples, is a Roman statue of a crouching male figure supporting a celestial globe, decorated with bas-relief
Farnese Atlas - ArtHistoryReference
WEBThe Farnese Atlas is a 2nd-century Roman marble copy of a Hellenistic sculpture of Atlas kneeling with the celestial spheres, not a globe, weighing heavily on his shoulders. It is the oldest extant statue of the Titan of Greek mythology, who is represented in earlier vase-painting, and more importantly, the oldest known representation of the ...
DISCOVERY OF THE LOST STAR CATALOG OF HIPPARCHUS ON THE FARNESE ATLAS …
WEBIndependently, a late Roman statue called the Farnese Atlas (now in Naples) has been known since the Middle Ages which records ancient Greek constellations. This marble statue shows the Titan Atlas kneeling on one knee while hold a large globe (65 cm in diameter) on one shoulder.
Hipparchus’s sky catalog found - Astronomy Magazine
WEBJan 13, 2005 · The statue, a Roman copy from around a.d. 150 of a Greek original, is known as the Farnese Atlas. Located in the National Archaeological Museum in Naples, Italy, it depicts the mythological...
The Epoch of the Constellations on the Farnese Atlas and Their …
WEBA detailed history of the historical writings on the Farnese Atlas appears in Valerio V., “Historiographic and numerical notes on the Atlante Farnese and its celestial sphere”, Der Globusfreund, xxxv/xxxvii (1987), 97–124.
Farnese Atlas - brunelleschi.imss.fi.it
WEBFarnese Atlas, ca. 2 nd century A.D. Naples, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, inv. 6374. The celestial sphere carried by Atlas on his back is the oldest depiction of the sky as the ancients saw it.
The Figure of Atlas - Sina Hazratpour
WEBMay 28, 2017 · This nearly two meter high Hellenistic sculpture depicts Atlas (Ατλας) or more commonly known, the Farnese Atlas. The monumental work was first discovered in Rome in 1575, and was then identified as the heavenly sphere-bearing Atlas, the Titan condemned to hold up the sky for eternity, is from Greek mythology.