ID: 700000146 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000146	Record Type: Movable Work
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Celestial Globe (celestial globe; Globe designed and assembled by Jean-Antoine Nollet (French,...; 1730; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 86.DH.705.2 )

Note: Jean-François Nollet, a noted scientist who taught physics to the French royal children, designed and assembled this globe, which shows a map of the night skies. He dated the globe 1730 and dedicated it to Louis de Bourbon-Condé, comte de Clermont. Clermont was an important patron of the arts who became protector of the Société des Arts in 1728. This was a new organization established to provide collaboration between the arts and sciences; painters, sculptors, astronomers, clockmakers, architects, and goldsmiths were all members.

Titles:

Celestial Globe (preferred,C,U,RP,English,U,U)

Globe céleste (C,U,French,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

celestial globe [300028090] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), information artifacts, <information artifacts by physical form>, globes (cartographic spheres))

Classifications:

decorative arts (preferred)

science

furniture

Creation Date: 1730

Creator Display:

Globe designed and assembled by Jean-Antoine Nollet (French, 1700 - 1770); Map engraved by Nicolas Bailleul le jeune (French, active 1740s); lacquer decoration attributed to the Workshop of Guillaume Martin (French, 1689 - 1749); and Étienne-Simon Martin (French, 1703 - 1770) [preferred,VP]

creator Nollet, Jean-Antoine (French physicist and globe designer, 1700-1770) [500056987]

artists Martin, Guillaume (French japanner, died 1749) Qualifier: workshop of Extent: decoration [500005228]

printmaker Bailleul, Nicolas (French engraver, active 18th century) [500041250]

Martin, Etienne-Simon (French japanner, died 1770) [500116465]

Locations:

Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500329598] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: 86.DH.705.2

Address Note: Currently on view at: Getty Center, Museum South Pavilion, Gallery S107

Other: Creation: Paris [7008038] (Geographic)

Display Materials: wood painted with vernis Martin; papier mâché; printed paper; bronze

	wood (plant material) [300011914]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>)

	papier mâché [300014245]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>)

	paper (fiber product) [300014109]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>)

	vernis Martin [300264025]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by composition or origin>, lacquer (material))

Dimensions: 109.9 (height) x 44.5 (diameter of globe) x 31.8 cm (depth of the stand) (3 ft. 7 1/4 in. x W: 1 ft. 5 1/2 in. x D: 1 ft. 1/2 in.)

Cultures:

French (preferred)

General Subject:

utilitarian objects (preferred,isness)

machines and equipment (isness)

Specific Subjects:

	astronomical map [300263891]
	.....(Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), document genres, <documents by form>, graphic document genres, cartographic materials, maps (documents), <maps by subject type>) (AAT)

	cartography (discipline) [300053163]
	.....(Activities Facet, Disciplines (hierarchy name), disciplines (concept), <science and related disciplines>, science (modern discipline)) (AAT)

	sky (earth feature) [300263064]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), scientific concepts, physical sciences concepts, earth sciences concepts, earth features) (AAT)

Related Works:

	pendant of .... Terrestrial Globe [700000145]
	..........terrestrial globe; Globe designed and assembled by Jean-Antoine Nollet (French,...; about 1728; J. Paul Getty Museum (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, Calif...; 86.DH.705.1

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works

Sources and Contributors:
Celestial Globe	........ [VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
Globe céleste	........ [VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-) accessed 5 January 2010