Tycho (Tyge) Brahe. Photo: The National Museum of Natural History at Frederiksborg Castle

COPENHAGEN, DENMARK.- The National Museum of Denmark presents The World of Tycho Brahe. Denmark in Europe 1550-1600, on view through April 9, 2007. 2006 was Renaissance Year in Denmark. To mark it the National Museum’s large annual exhibition turns the focus on “the noble scholar with the silver nose” – the world-renowned astronomer Tycho Brahe (1546-1601). With Tycho Brahe’s life as the pivotal point the visitor gets close to the Renaissance in Denmark and Europe in the latter half of the sixteenth century. Among other things you can see impressive scientific instruments and the magnificence with which the aristocracy surrounded itself. And in the restaurant you can have a taste of the Renaissance!  Lire la suite http://www.artdaily.com/section/news/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=19790