CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2012
| Author | Herrera, Breanne |
|---|---|
| Title | THE CHILDREN OF THE PLANETS: FREEDOM, NECESSITY, AND THE IMPACT OF THE STARS - THE ICONOGRAPHIC DIMENSIONS OF A PAN-EUROPEAN EARLY MODERN DISCOURSE |
| Summary | The “Children of the Planets” is an astrological visual motif that depicts the seven planets as personified deities along side their ‘planet children’ who are generally seen as smaller persons below the planet representing the influences and activities associated with each planet. The purpose of this thesis is not only to retrace the history and development of this motif – to answer some questions about the provenance and meaning of the motif that have never fully been answered – but also to show how as a concept the ‘children of the planets’ represents a development in the philosophy of the early modern period. |
| Supervisor | Riedl, Matthias; Szonyi, Gyorgy |
| Department | History MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2012/herrera_breanne.pdf |
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