Art & Alchemy (Paperback)

Partly because of alchemy's dismissal from the Parnassus of rational sciences, the interplay between this esoteric knowledge and the visual arts is still a surprisingly neglected research area. This collection of articles covering the time span from the Late Middle Ages to the 20th century intends, however, to challenge the current neglect. Areas on which its twelve authors cast new light include alchemical gender symbolism in Renaissance, Mannerist, and modernist art; alchemical ideas of transformation in Italian fifteenth-century landscape imagery; Netherlandish seventeenth-century portrayals of alchemists; and alchemy's tortured status as a forerunner of photography. Art and Alchemy indicates that alchemy indeed has several connections with art by examining some of the pictorial and literary books that disseminated alchemical symbols and ideas, delving into images, which in one way or another can be shown to appropriate and interpret alchemical ideas or environments, and expanding t

General

Imprint:	Museum Tusculanum Press
Country of origin:	Denmark
Release date:	March 2006
First published:	May 2006
Authors:	Jacob Wamberg
Dimensions:	228 x 148 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	297
ISBN-13:	978-87-635-0267-2
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > The arts: general issues > Theory of art Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Alternative belief systems > Occult studies > Magic, alchemy & hermetic thought Books > Religion & Spirituality > Alternative belief systems > Occult studies > Magic, alchemy & hermetic thought Promotions
LSN:	87-635-0267-4
Barcode:	9788763502672

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