Art and Astrology in Renaissance Italy
FAIN: FA-51588-05
Mary Quinlan
Northern Illinois University (DeKalb, IL 60115-2828)
Astrological belief was pervasive in Renaissance Italy. Astronomers, including Kepler and Galileo, believed that astrology explained physical and mathematical principles that the Creator had set into the cosmos. Patrons commissioned art and architecture that embodied astrological ideas. Many believed that cities, architecture, even clothing and jewels, could be correctly tuned to a cosmic harmony if mathematical astrology were properly practiced. This book examines the astrological content in the art and architecture of 15th and 16th century Italy. It also traces, through the writings of Renaissance intellectuals, their understandings of how astrology worked with art.
Associated Products
Influences: Art, Optics, and Astrology in the Italian Renaissance (Book)Title: Influences: Art, Optics, and Astrology in the Italian Renaissance
Author: Mary Quinlan-McGrath
Abstract: Book
Year: 2013
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Type: Single author monograph
Copy sent to NEH?: Yes
Prizes
Millard Meiss Publication Grant
Date: 11/1/2011
Organization: College Art Association
Abstract: This subvention prize is awarded through a College Art Association competition. The formal application is made by the Press (in this case University of Chicago). Among other materials, great weight is accorded to the Readers' Reports on which the Press based its contract offer.