A happy find is an exhibition catalogue on the theme of the numinous pre- and post-photography:
Clair, Jean. Cosmos from Goya to De Chirico, from Friedrich to Kiefer: art in pursuit of the infinite (2000)
https://youtu.be/0fKBhvDjuy0
https://openlibrary.org/works/OL19133047W/Cosmos?edition=key...