Daily Archives: February 15, 2022

February 15

Art and Science: Galilean Influences in Artemisia’s ‘Judith Beheading Holofernes’

On the 15th of February 1564, the Italian astronomer, philosopher, mathematician and physicist Galileo Galilei was born in Pisa, Italy. Often considered the father of science, Galileo established a new perception of the physical world. Fascinated by the invention of telescope, he constructed one himself and conducted observation of such celestial bodies as the Moon, […]