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

2. “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) Definition of COSMOLOGY

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. 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