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

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.

xvii, 318 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

1st ed.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.