Influences : art, optics, and astrology in the Italian Renaissance / Mary Quinlan-McGrath.

Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2013.

xi, 284 pages (12 pages of plates) : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-271) and index.

The study of the heavens is holy : the cosmos, the creator, vision, and the soul -- Let there be light : rays in the macrocosm -- Celestial rays and the earthly world of change -- The physical nature of vision, the material image, and the soul -- Early modern ecosystems : the city, the building, the person -- Architectural theory and astrological foundations : three case studies -- The hidden power in a picture : how celestial rays are trapped in images -- Look, reflect, be changed : the great astrological vaults of the Italian Renaissance.