Galileo

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="0ea085a3.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>The Humanities Exchange</B></I><I><B> </B></I></FONT><B>   </B><B> |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Humanities Exchange"><B>home</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="seminole.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Seminole">Seminole</A>   |   <A HREF="yirrkala.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Yirrkala Bark Paintings">Yirrkala Bark Paintings</A>   |   <A HREF="dragons.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Dragons">Dragons</A>   |   <A HREF="marcopolo.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Marco Polo">Marco Polo</A>   |   <A HREF="renaissance.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Renaissance Man">Renaissance Man</A>   |   <B>Galileo</B>   |   <A HREF="rome.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Imperial Rome">Imperial Rome</A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=170 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="0ebd2e83.jpg"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#330066" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <I><B>Galileo</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Galileo Galilei:  Revolutionary of Modern Science</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="10" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="752" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 441 WIDTH="310"><bR> <div> 2009 has been declared the International Year of Astronomy to honor Galileo Galilei's first use of a telescope four hundred years ago in 1609 to study the solar system. </div> <bR> <div> Around the globe, events and activities are being planned to spread appreciation for Galileo and astronomy's rich scientific and cultural role in history. </div> <bR> <div> This exhibition from Florence, Italy where Galileo lived and worked celebrates the extraordinary discoveries, remarkable achievements, innovative inventions and tumultuous events that comprised the life of Galileo.</div> <bR> <div> Through a series of graphic panels, original objects such as scientific instruments of the 16th and 11th centuries and interactive demonstrations of scientific principles, this exhibition provides a comprehensive and educational insight into Galileo's contribution to science and astronomy.  </div> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="2eb7f7a0.jpg" border=0 width="383" height="378" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 415 WIDTH="310"><div> It also illustrates one of the most controversial periods in the history of science when man's perception of the universe was a matter of religious interpretation. </div> <bR> <div> Galileo lived and personally experienced the great debate of his time heliocentrism vs. geocentrism </div> <bR> <div> The ancient astronomy of Ptolemy and the physics of Aristotle taught that the Earth was the center of the universe, but the revolutionary theories of Nicolaus Copernicus published in 1543 argued that the Earth revolved around a stationary Sun, contradicting scientific and religious doctrine.</div> <bR> <div> The observations of Galileo would support Copernicus and their publication would create such controversy that Galileo was condemned of heresy by a Papal Inquisition and forced to recant in 1633.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="399"><bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2ed7a0f0.jpg" border=0 width="378" height="271" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> In a cruel twist of fame and fate, he who would study the stars and discover the moons of Jupiter,  would end his life as a blind recluse under home arrest in the hills surrounding Florence</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 384 WIDTH="310"><bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Considered the father of modem physics and astronomy, Galileo Galilei is without a doubt a larger than life figure in the history of science. </div> <bR> <div> His legend is made of fiction and fact, but his scientific contribution cannot be disputed.</div> <bR> <div> He revolutionized the way we think about how we measure and quantify our knowledge; his mathematical and experimental approach to the natural world has become the basis of scientific research since his death in 1642. His shadow on modem science is long indeed.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="399"><div> <IMG SRC="2fb61fe0.jpg" border=0 width="353" height="254" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> While the exhibition follows a general biographical order, it also illustrates and documents one of the most controversial periods in the history of science, when man's of the universe was a matter of religious interpretation. Galileo lived and personally experienced the great debate of his time: hetiocentrism vs. geocentrism.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 412 ><NOBR><bR> <div> <IMG SRC="2fa2de30.jpg" border=0 width="301" height="227" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="399"><div> <IMG SRC="3c484850.jpg" border=0 width="388" height="389" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 1113 WIDTH="310"><bR> <div> <I><B>Objects Included in the Exhibition</B></I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Selection of authentic and reproductions of mathematical and scientific instruments of the 16th and 17th century, including replica of compass invented by Galileo</div> <bR> <div> Different types of pendulums conceptualized by Galileo, including interactive models</div> <bR> <div> Interactive models of scientific experiments demonstrating  scientific principles theorized by Galileo.</div> <bR> <div> Selection of historical models of telescopes including reproductions of early Dutch telescopes, and replica of Galilea 's telescope so improved  that he could identify the moons of Jupiter as they appeared nightly from late January to March 1610.</div> <bR> <div> Reconstruction and representation of Ptolemaic system in confrontation with the solar system proposed by Copernicus and followers of Heliocentrism</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="2ef14930.jpg" border=0 width="276" height="403" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="399"><div> <IMG SRC="2fc6f1b0.png" border=0 width="367" height="539" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ></FONT></div> <bR> <div> For different size spaces and to allow  flexibility, this exhibition offers two possible options in structure and contents:</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Option I:</B></div> <bR> <div> 24 graphic panels with explanatory text (c. 100 x 180 cm) relevant to identified exhibition themes.</div> <bR> <div> 30 original objects or artworks related to the life and times of Galileo in the Florence of the Medici in the 17th century</div> <bR> <div> 35 finely crafted models of scientific instruments of the 16th and 17th century, including at least 5 interactive exhibits.</div> <bR> <div> 3 exhibit dioramas dedicated to principal arguments and events.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Option II:</B></div> <bR> <div> 24 graphic panels with explanatory text (c. 100 x 180 cm) relevant to identified exhibition themes.</div> <bR> <div> 10 original objects or artworks related to the life and times of Galileo in the Florence of the Medici in the 17th century</div> <bR> <div> 25 finesly crafted models of scientific instruments of the 16th and 17th century, including at least 5 interactive exhibits.</div> <bR> <div> 3 exhibit dioramas dedicated to principal arguments and events.</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 181 WIDTH="310"><div> EXHIBITION CONCEPT  AND PROJECT</div> <div> Contemporanea Progetti, Florence Italy </div> <div> Eugenio Martera, Patrizia Pietrogrande, Linda Carioni</div> <bR> <div> PROJECT RESEARCH: Ilenia Rossato Fabiola Loggia</div> <div> GRAPHIC DESIGN: Benedetta Marchi</div> <div> EXHIBITION ORGANIZATION: Contemporanea Progetti Via di Ricorsoli, SR Florence 50126 Italy</div> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="399"><bR> <div> For Further Information</div> <div>  about schedulilng and fees please contact:</div> <bR> <div> Shirley Reiff Howarth, Director</div> <div> The Humanities Exchange</div> <div> Montreal, Canada</div> <div> 514-935-1228</div> <div> exhibitionsonline@earthlink.net</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>