DÜRER, Albrecht: The Northern Hemisphere of the Celestial Globe

✦ DÜRER, Albrecht

🖼 The Northern Hemisphere of the Celestial Globe, c. 1515

◈ Woodcut

▣ British Museum

◎ London, United Kingdom

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Intricate star patterns and celestial coordinates map the northern sky in precise woodcut detail. Dürer's 1515 globe revolutionized astronomical visualization, merging Renaissance art with scientific observation to become an influential reference for navigators and scholars.

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