French mathematician,philosopher and theorist. One of the leading French thinkers of the 17th century, he lived in Paris from 1619 as a Jesuit priest. His work is central to the academic and scientific movements of his time, and a major part of it is devoted to music. On the basis of practical experiment and observations, he made important discoveries concerning the nature and behaviour of sound, which are the foundation of the science of acoustics in later times. He also wrote on the theory and practice of music. His principal musical treatise is the Harmonie universelle  Related Paintings of marin mersenne :. | Pia de Tolomei | A Christian Martyr on the Cross | Girl on the bridge | Jane Avril in the Paris Garden | The Apotheosis of Fames I and Other Studies (mk01) |
Related Artists:
EYCK, Hubert van
Flemish Northern Renaissance Painter, ca.1370-1426
Luigi Mussini
Italian , Berlino, 1813 - Siena, 1888
Johan Olaf Sodermark
painted Henri Beyle in 1840