Definition COSMOGONY COSMOS order GONOS the Greek word

Definition: COSMOGONY COSMOS = “order” GONOS < the Greek word for “birth” COSMOGONY: “A theory concerning the creation of the universe”

Definition 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. ” (Webster’s)

HEINTZ, Joseph the Elder The Fall of Phaeton 1596 Oil on wood, 122, 5 x 66, 5 cm Museum der Bildenden Künste, Leipzig

MICHELANGELO Buonarroti The Fall of Phaeton c. 1533 Black chalk, 41, 3 x 23, 4 cm Royal Library, Windsor

MICHELANGELO Buonarroti The Fall of Phaeton c. 1533 Chalk British Museum, London

RICCI, Sebastiano Fall of Phaeton 1703 -04 Oil on canvas Museo Civico, Belluno

Duccio, Agostino di Saturn c. 1456 Marble Tempio Malatestiano, Rimini

Francisco Goya Saturn c. 1821 -1823 146 x 83 cm Oil on plaster remounted on canvas Museo del Prado, Madrid

The Muses: Melpomene, Erato and Polymnia 1652 -55 LE SUEUR, Eustache Louvre, Paris

Muses: Clio, Euterpe and Thalia 1652 -55 LE SUEUR, Eustache Louvre, Paris

The Muse Terpsichore LE SUEUR, Eustache French painter (b. 1616/17, Paris, d. 1655, Paris) 1652 -55 Oil on panel, 116 x 74 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris