Galileo's visions : piercing the spheres of the heavens by eye and mind / Marco Piccolino and Nicholas J. Wade.

  • Piccolino, Marco.
Date:
2014
  • Books

About this work

Publication/Creation

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.

Physical description

xvii, 318 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Edition

1st ed.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

The arts in Renaissance Italy -- The historians: the discovery of social and cultural history -- Artists and writers -- Patrons and clients -- The uses of works of art -- Taste -- Iconography -- Worldviews: some dominant traits -- The social framework -- Cultural and social change -- Comparisons and conclusions.

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Where to find it

  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    Q.F.AA5-6
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ISBN

  • 0199554358
  • 9780199554355