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

“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

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 Black chalk, 41,3 x 23,4 cm Royal Library, Windsor

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

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

Duccio, Agostino di Saturn c Marble Tempio Malatestiano, Rimini

Francisco Goya Saturn c x 83 cm Oil on plaster remounted on canvas Museo del Prado, Madrid

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

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

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