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The spatial infinite at Greenwich in works by Christopher Wren, James Thornhill, and James Thomson : the Newton connection

Print Book, English, ©1995
E. Mellen Press, Lewiston, ©1995
Criticism, interpretation, etc
viii, 139 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780773490574, 0773490574
31291049
1. Introduction: Newton and the New Spatial Paradigm
2. The 'Natural' or Newtonian Sublime
3. Wren's Greenwich Naval Hospital and the Spatial Mechanics of Newton's Principia
4. James Thornhill's The Glorification of William and Mary: A Newtonian Spatial Allegory
5. The Newtonian Sublime of James Thomson's 'Poem Sacred to the Memory of Sir Isaac Newton' and The Seasons
6. Conclusion: Newton, the Arts, and Greenwich