Bayer, Johann. Aquila, 1603 Parrot even closer to the aesthetics

even closer to the aesthetics of Canaletto

In this small and engaging composition

Thornton intended the work as a pictorial celebration

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The Meadowlark June 16 1834 Alanda Maitna Wills

Bayer, Johann. Aquila, 1603 Parrot even closer to the aestheticsJohann Bayer Aquila From "Uranometria, omnium asterismorum continens schemata" Augsburg, 1603 approx.: 13 1 2" x 17" Bayer was the first accurate star atlas. A lawyer and amateur astronomer, he was the first to signify the location of the stars within a given constellation by the use of Greek letters (with the addition of the Latin alphabet for constellations with more than 24 stars). This strikingly simple innovation greatly improved the