Johannes Kepler: Life, Work & Legacy Early Life and Education Born on December 27, 1571, in Weil der Stadt, Germany, to Heinrich Kepler and Katharina Guldenmann. A challenging childhood: Premature birth and subsequent illness left him with weak health. His father was a mercenary often absent, and his mother was an herbalist. Demonstrated exceptional mathematical ability from a young age, impressing visitors to his grandfather’s inn. Attended the University of Tübingen, initially intending to become a Lutheran minister, but excelled in mathematics under Michael Maestlin. Became fas…
A chart of Johannes Kepler's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.
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