DÜRER, Albrecht: The Southern Hemisphere of the Celestial Globe

✦ DÜRER, Albrecht

🖼 The Southern Hemisphere of the Celestial Globe, 1515

◈ Woodcut

▣ British Museum

◎ London, United Kingdom

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Constellations radiate from a central celestial pole, rendered with precise woodcut lines mapping the southern sky. Dürer's 1515 globe revolutionized astronomical visualization, blending scientific accuracy with artistic mastery to define Renaissance cartography.

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