Title: Definition: COSMOGONY
1Definition COSMOGONY
COSMOS order GONOS lt the Greek word for
birth COSMOGONY A theory concerning the
creation of the universe
2Definition of COSMOLOGY
The study of the physical universe considered as
a totality of phenomena in time and space
(American Heritage) The science of the world
or universe or a treatise relating to the
structure and parts of the system of creation,
the elements of bodies, the modifications of
material things, the laws of motion, and the
order and course of nature. (Websters)
3HEINTZ, Joseph the ElderThe Fall of
Phaeton1596Oil on wood, 122,5 x 66,5 cmMuseum
der Bildenden Künste, Leipzig
4MICHELANGELO BuonarrotiThe Fall of Phaetonc.
1533Black chalk, 41,3 x 23,4 cmRoyal Library,
Windsor
5MICHELANGELO BuonarrotiThe Fall of Phaetonc.
1533ChalkBritish Museum, London
6RICCI, SebastianoFall of Phaeton1703-04Oil on
canvasMuseo Civico, Belluno
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8Duccio, Agostino diSaturnc. 1456MarbleTempio
Malatestiano, Rimini
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10Francisco Goya Saturnc. 1821-1823146 x 83
cmOil on plaster remounted on canvasMuseo del
Prado, Madrid
11The Muses Melpomene,Erato andPolymnia1652-55
LE SUEUR, EustacheLouvre, Paris
12Muses Clio, Euterpe and Thalia 1652-55LE
SUEUR, EustacheLouvre, ParisÂ
13The Muse Terpsichore LE SUEUR, Eustache French
painter(b. 1616/17, Paris, d. 1655,
Paris)1652-55 Oil on panel, 116 x 74 cmMusée
du Louvre, Paris
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