Dinesh's photos with the keyword: Tycho

Brahe

10 Jan 2022 1 57
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.