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Athanasius Kircher 🔍

Jesuit scholar, polymath, inventor (1602 - 1680)

A 17th-century German Jesuit scholar and polymath whose vast work encompassed optics, magnetism, music, Egyptology, and inventions like the magic lantern.

Mentors & Influences (Looking Backward)

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Inspired By Athanasius Kircher (Looking Forward)

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Bridget Riley
Painter
Kircher's pioneering and systematic investigations into optics, light, and the manipulation of visual perception through various devices and experiments lay a deep historical and conceptual groundwork for artists like Riley who explore optical illusion.