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Item Number: 127229
Title: Art and Alchemy : The Mystery of Transformation
Author: Wismer, Beat (et al)
Price: Not Available
ISBN: 9783777422077
Description: München: Hirmer, 2014. 28cm., hardcover, 280pp., 194 color illus. Exhibition held at Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf. English text. Summary: 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. (Quadriennale Düsseldorf 2014)
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