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Art and Alchemy
Jacob Wamberg
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Description for Art and Alchemy
Paperback. Editor(s): Wamberg, Jacob. Num Pages: 297 pages, 80 b/w & 10 colour illus. BIC Classification: ABA; HRQX2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 148 x 24. Weight in Grams: 636.
This collection of articles covering the time span from the Late Middle Ages to the twentieth century intends to challenge the current neglect of the interplay between esoteric knowledge and the visual arts. '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 the scope of alchemical imagery by indicating structural affinities between alchemical processes and artistic creation.
This collection of articles covering the time span from the Late Middle Ages to the twentieth century intends to challenge the current neglect of the interplay between esoteric knowledge and the visual arts. '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 the scope of alchemical imagery by indicating structural affinities between alchemical processes and artistic creation.
Product Details
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
297
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Weight
635g
Number of Pages
297
Place of Publication
, Denmark
ISBN
9788763502672
SKU
V9788763502672
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About Jacob Wamberg
Jacob Wamberg is Professor of Art at the University of Aarhus in Denmark. He works on evolutionistic theories of the history of the visual arts, especially in relation to nature and technology, focussing periodically in the Renaissance and 20 and 21 centuries.
Reviews for Art and Alchemy
"These essays emerged from a 2001 conference at the University of Aarhus in Denmark. As organisers Jan Bäcklund and Jacob Wamberg explain in their introduction, the collection redresses 'the current skepticism towards alchemy as a possible source for art' (9). The ten essays that follow, however, range far beyond that art historical agenda by exploring the fascinating intersections between alchemy ... Read more