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Item Number: 119308Title: Influences : Art, Optics, and Astrology in the Italian Renaissance
Author: Quinlan-McGrath, Mary
Price: $35.00
ISBN: 9780226922843
Record created on 04/24/12
Description: Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2012. 24cm., hardcover, 284pp., 14 color plates, 12 halftones, 14 line drawings. Contents: 1. The Study of the Heavens Is Holy: The Cosmos, the Creator, Vision, and the Soul ; 2. Let There Be Light: Rays in the Macrocosm ; 3. Celestial Rays and the Earthly World of Change ; 4. The Physical Nature of Vision, the Material Image, and the Soul ; 5. Early Modern Ecosystems: The City, the Building, the Person ; 6. Architectural Theory and Astrological Foundations: Three Case Studies ; 7. The Hidden Power in a Picture: How Celestial Rays Are Trapped in Images ; 8. Look, Reflect, Be Changed: The Great Astrological Vaults of the Italian.
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