About 30 results for ‘Astrology’
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Astrology
Astrology consists of a number of belief systems which hold that there is a relationship between astronomical phenomena and events in the human world. In the West, astrology most often consists of a system of horoscopes that claim to predict aspects of an individual's personality or life history based on the positions of the sun, moon, and other planetary objects at the time of their birth. Many cultures have attached importance to astronomical events, and the Indians, Chinese, and Mayans developed elaborate systems for predicting terrestrial events from celestial observations. Among Indo-European peoples, astrology has been dated to the third millennium BCE, with roots in calendrical systems used to predict seasonal shifts and to interpret celestial cycles as signs of divine communications. Through most of its history, astrology was considered a scholarly tradition. It was accepted in political and academic contexts, and its concepts were built into other studies, such as astronomy, alchemy, meteorology, and medicine. At the end of the 17th century, new scientific concepts in astronomy began to damage the credibility of astrology, and subsequent controlled studies failed to confirm its predictive value. Astrology thus lost its academic and theoretical standing. Astrology saw a popular revival in the 19th and 20th centuries as part of a general revival of spiritualism and later New Age philosophy, and through the influence of mass media such as newspaper horoscopes. While astrology may bear a superficial resemblance to science, it is a pseudoscience because it makes little attempt to develop solutions to its problems, shows no concern for the evaluation of competing theories, and is selective in considering confirmations and dis-confirmations.
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l'Astrologue / qui se laisse tomber dans un Puits (titre ...
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- Portrayed subject:
- Telescope
- Water well
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Johannes Vermeer
L'ASTROLOGUE, DIT AUSSI L'ASTRONOME
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Astrology
- Book
- Carpet
- Compass (drafting)
- Constellation
- Man
- …
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- Date:
- 17th century
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- Artist(s):
- Antonio Franchi
La Justice ; Portrait de femme ; L'astrologie
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Date:
- 17th century
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CROQUIS ALLEGORIQUES SUR L'ARCHITECTURE, L'ASTROLOGIE, L'...
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Allegory
- Architecture
- Astrology
- Geometry
- Madonna (art)
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- Date:
- 16th century
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LES PREDICTIONS DE NOSTRADAMUS (titre inscrit)
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Astronomy
- Beatific vision
- Book
- Candlestick
- Card game
- Catherine de' Medici
- …
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- Date:
- 20th century
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- Artist(s):
- David Teniers the Younger
L'Alchimiste
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MAÎNA JUAN (titre inscrit)
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- Field(s):
- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Astrological sign
- Foulard
- Leo (astrology)
- Necklace
- Portrait
- Virgo (astrology)
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- Date:
- 20th century
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- Artist(s):
- Jean-Baptiste Oudry
L'astrologue qui se laisse tomber dans un puits, II, 13
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- Portrayed subject:
- Falling (accident)
- House
- Water well
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- Date:
- 18th century
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Légumes (Série décorative)
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- Field(s):
- Ceramic
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- Portrayed subject:
- Man
- Observation
- Sky
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- Date:
- 20th century
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- Artist(s):
- Godefroy Engelmann
- Horace Vernet
L'Astrologue qui se laisse tomber dans un puits, II, 13
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- Portrayed subject:
- Book
- Rope
- Sphere
- Table (furniture)
- Wall
- Water well
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Les prédictions de Nostradamus à Marie de Médicis
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- Field(s):
- History
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- Portrayed subject:
- Astrology
- Dwarfism
- Henry IV of France
- Man
- Marie de' Medici
- Physician
- …
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- Date:
- 18th century
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L'Astrologue qui se laisse tomber dans un puits, (Le text...
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- Portrayed subject:
- Bird
- Bucket
- Falling (accident)
- Observation
- Water
- Water well
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Femme consultant un astrologue
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
- Ethnology
- Southeast Asia
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- Portrayed subject:
- Astrology
- Chignon (hairstyle)
- Folk costume
- Herb
- Man
- Old age
- …
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Simone Cantarini
Allégorie de l'Astrologie (recto) ; Trois études pour une...
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Date:
- 17th century
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- Artist(s):
- Jacob Hoefnagel
- Joris Hoefnagel
Insectes, fruits et fleurs
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- Portrayed subject:
- Astrology
- Flower
- Flower bouquet
- Monkey
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- Date:
- 17th century
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