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Influences : art, optics, and astrology in the Italian Renaissance /
Today few would think of astronomy and astrology as fields related to theology. Fewer still would know that physically absorbing planetary rays was once considered to have medical and psychological effects. But this was the understanding of light radiation held by certain natural philosophers of ear...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Chicago ; London :
University of Chicago Press,
2013.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | Today few would think of astronomy and astrology as fields related to theology. Fewer still would know that physically absorbing planetary rays was once considered to have medical and psychological effects. But this was the understanding of light radiation held by certain natural philosophers of early modern Europe, and that, argues Mary Quinlan-McGrath, was why educated people of the Renaissance commissioned artworks centered on astrological themes and practices. Influences is the first book to reveal how important Renaissance artworks were designed to be. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 284 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226922850 0226922855 1283954508 9781283954501 |