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Brahe’s observatory: the curved scale is a quadrant for measuring elevations That is built in the wall; inside it is a ‘trompe l’oeil’ section of Brahe’s observatory With a giant figure of Brahe himself. The image comes from the 1598 painting Of his ‘Astronomiae instauratae mchanica.’ In the painting above the Quadrant was done in 1587 by Hans Knieper, Hans van Steenwinckel the Edler And Tobias Gemperle, who were responsible, respectively, for the painting of The landscape at the top, the three pairs of arches representing the three Areas Uraniborg and the portrait of Brahe.

Cross-staff being used for surveying and astrology -- from the title page of Petrus Apianus, ‘Introductio geographica, 1533

The imperial observatory in Peking, from Ferdinand Verbiest, Xinzhi Yixiangtu ('picture of newly made instruments') which was produced from 1688 to 1674, showing instrument built by the Jesuit missionary on the basis of Brahe's design.

Rain is mesmerizing to look at and enjoy indoors with a book in hand. Raindrops always bring a sense of nostalgia and melancholy with them. Enjoy your rainy days.....

season (July 1-June 30) Total Inches of Rainfall 2018-2019 18.82 +4.15 2017-2018 4.79 -9.88 2016-2017 19.00 +4.33

The mirror is indeed the obvious source of a correspondence theory of art (and truth). . . . Page 169

.the word perspective comes from the Latin ‘perspicere’ in the sense of ‘to see through’, when in fact it comes from its sense of ‘to see clearly.’ . . .~ Page 171

'The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal their bread.' Anatole France

View from Griffith Observatory

The web of domination has become the web of Reason itself, and this society is fatally entangled in it. ~Herbert Marcuse