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This study consists of a geometric and mathematically exact 3 D digital creation of Kepler's Platonic solid model of the Solar System from Mysterium Cosmographicum Mysterium Cosmographicum (lit. The Cosmographic Mystery,[a] alternately translated as Cosmic Mystery, The Secret of the World, or some variation) is an astronomy book by the German astronomer Johannes Kepler, published at Tübingen in 1597[1][b] and in a second edition in 1621. Kepler proposed that the distance relationships between the six planets known at that time could be understood in terms of the five Platonic solids, enclosed within a sphere that represented the orbit of Saturn. He realized that regular polygons bound one inscribed and one circumscribed circle at definite ratios, which, he reasoned, might be the geometrical basis of the universe. Kepler began experimenting with 3-dimensional polyhedra. He found that each of the five Platonic solids could be uniquely inscribed and circumscribed by spherical orbs; nesting these solids, each encased in a sphere, within one another would produce six layers, corresponding to the six known planets—Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. By ordering the solids correctly—octahedron, icosahedron, dodecahedron, tetrahedron, and cube—Kepler found that the spheres correspond to the relative sizes of each planet's path around the Sun, generally varying from astronomical observations by less than 10%. Kepler thought he had revealed God’s geometrical plan for the universe. Much of Kepler's enthusiasm for the Copernican system stemmed from his theological convictions about the connection between the physical and the spiritual; Kepler never relinquished the Platonist polyhedral-spherist cosmology of Mysterium Cosmographicum. These works are also offered in limited editions for sizes larger than those presented here. Ask for prices and sizes I recommend sound effects to enhance the effect
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2000
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14 W x 21 H x 1.25 D in
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Graña Roberto
Uruguay
I was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, in a home of professional parents and currently I live there with my family. My first stable work experiences were in the area of science. My interests and concerns have always been multiple and varied in the intellectual and artistic area. I was captivated by geometry and mathematics. I am very sensitive to beauty in general and, delving into geometry, I found my artistic streak. I compare my life experience with a polyhedron since I have always acted in many dimensions trying to increase and improve its facets. Art, beauty and harmony were my ideals and goals of all my activities. I was inspired by the Renaissance Artists and their research in arithmetic and geometry. At one point in my research I discovered that digital art with the latest 3D math software development allowed me to express what I felt. This allowed me to recreate in a virtual environment the most essential volumes of humanity whose history can be traced today from the Neolithic with a mathematical precision never achieved before and make an art of it and walk in the REAL SEARCH OF TRUTH THROUGH THE BEAUTY . I mean the 5 regular polyhedra All my studies and research related to art are personal and self-taught, supported by the shoulders of giants of my ancestors, driven by my enthusiasm and creativity. The first recognition I received was from those few who in different parts of the world expressed their pleasure for the first images that I spread on facebok, then came a beautiful interview in the magazine peripheral_arteries_art Collections that include his work Kepler's Cosmos - Roberto's Cover Grana both the interior illustration and other forms of illustration related to this volume. including but not limited to advertising. book: Lumen Naturae: Visions of Space in Art and Mathematics Prof. Matilde Marcolli Spring 2019 MIT Press is a university press affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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