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Art and Alchemy The Mystery of Transformation

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Author(s)	a cura di Beat Wismer, Dedo von Kerssenbrock-Krosigk, Sven Dupré
Editor	Hirmer Verlag	Place	Monaco
Year	2014	Pages	280
Measure	20x28 (cm)	Illustration	194 ill. a colori
Binding	cart. edit. ill.	Conservazione	nuovo
Language	Inglese	Weight	1700 (gr)
ISBN	377742207X	EAN-13	9783777422077

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This volume presents a comprehensive overview of the relationship between alchemy and art, bringing together key artworks that take alchemy as their inspiration: from the enigmatic paintings of Jan Brueghel the Elder to contemporary works by Anish Kapoor. It includes recent studies by internationally renowned scientists.

Alchemy, the royal art of transforming stones into silver and base metals into gold, has captured the popular imagination for centuries and is a particularly fruitful subject for artists. Examining a sphere in which art and science overlap, this fascinating and lavishly illustrated book explores the many intersections and common concerns of the two disciplines. It depicts the alchemical laboratory, portraits of famous alchemists and traces the occult, Baroque, surrealist and psychological influences on the artists' view of alchemy. This study also sheds light on our changing understanding of the world and our position in it. (T-CA)