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Goltzius' depiction of the humors associated with women

Hohenheim, also known as Paraclesus, shortly discusses a controversial yet popular herb Guaiacum, known for its medicinal properties brought from the Americas to Europe. The guaiacum was believed to be useful in the disease syphillis by many…

A treatise made to be a manual for artists and architects to incorporate measurement into their work.

Zaccolini's treatise has four parts that discuss different theories of painting. The treatise is most noted for Zaccolini's theories on optics and vision and there how they relate to painting.

A dialogue crafted to display arguments of natural philosophy

This is an image that illustrates all phases of the Great Work or Magnum Opus. The crow represents Nigredo, the peacock represents Cauda Pavonis, the pheonix represents Rubedo. The man and woman symbolize duality. The circle at the bottom suggests…

This painting shows da Vinci's theories of optics being put to use. He was one of the first painters to use optics in order to trick the viewer's eye.

Raphael uses color, light and shadow in a way that shows he had a clear understanding of optical theories. The fresco shows a shift toward naturalism within art as more artists were beginning to understand optics and the role they play within art.

Galileo's Starry Messenger discusses his discoveries in the field of astronomy. These discoveries made it critical to correctly analyze geometrical optics that observations with a telescope were based on.

A commentary of Dioscorides Materia Medica translated in to Italian, includes detailed text and images that portray the natural world of the Eastern World as seen by Dioscorides, and its usage in healing of diseases. Includes Mattioli's own research…