Giotto e Galileu: novos olhares sobre o C\'eu e sobre o Livro da Natureza

TL;DR

This paper explores the historical and conceptual parallels between Giotto's depiction of the sky and Galileo's scientific contributions, highlighting a shared trajectory in European cultural and philosophical thought from the 13th to 17th centuries.

Contribution

It presents a novel interdisciplinary analysis linking art history and the history of science to understand Galileo's contributions in a broader cultural context.

Findings

Giotto's sky painting reflects early conceptualizations of the sky in European culture.

Galileo's use of the spyglass signifies a scientific shift paralleling artistic representations.

The trajectory from Giotto to Galileo illustrates evolving perceptions of the cosmos in European thought.

Abstract

In this work, an attempt is presented to understand the contribution of Galileo Galilei in the field of the History of Ideas, from the moment he points a spyglass to the sky. For that, it was previously necessary that Giotto painting the sky in blue. We reconstruct this fascinating trajectory between the 13th and 17th centuries in Europe, relating different practices and knowledges, as well as discussing the scientific and philosophical thought of that time. The main thesis of this essay is to show that Giotto, who painted the sky blue in a culture that wanted it to be golden, followed a conceptual path very similar to that followed by Galileo centuries later.