Influences : art, optics, and astrology in the Italian Renaissance / Mary Quinlan-McGrath.
"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 ea...
Main Author: | Quinlan-McGrath, Mary (Author) |
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Language: | English |
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Chicago ; London :
The University of Chicago Press,
2013.
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Physical Description: | xi, 284 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Format: | Book |