After giving a detailed account of Astronomy in the Middle Ages, Jean-Christophe Rat takes us on a tour of the history of this science during the Renaissance. Astronomy during the Renaissance was not just a scientific breakthrough: it was an intellectual and cultural revolution.
Lecture by Jean-Christophe Rat, in partnership with "Faites de la Science en Val d?Amboise".
After detailing Astronomy in the Middle Ages, Jean-Christophe Rat takes us on a tour of the history of this science during the Renaissance. This unique era saw science and art come together to explore reality
The Renaissance proved that to understand the stars, it wasn't enough to calculate them: you also had to learn how to look at them. Science and art mingled to make the invisible visible. In those days, representing the stars also meant representing the divine will. But Galileo proved that the heavens were not "immutable and perfect", as the Church would have it. Artists bore witness to the growth of new knowledge. This lecture reveals these two worlds
