ASTROLOGY MAGIC AND ALCHEMY IN ART

BATTISTINI,MATILDE

ISBN 10: 0892369078 / ISBN 13: 9780892369072

Verlag: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2007

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers NWUS9780892369072

Inhaltsangabe:

From antiquity to the Enlightenment, astrology, magic, and alchemy were considered important tools to unravel the mysteries of nature and human destiny. As a result of the West’s exposure during the Middle Ages to the astrological beliefs of Arab philosophers and the mystical writings of late antiquity, these occult traditions became rich sources of inspiration for Western artists.

 

In this volume from the popular Guide to Imagery series, the author presents a careful analysis of occult iconography in many of the great masterpieces of Western art, calling out key features in the illustrations for discussion and interpretation. Astrological symbols decorated medieval churches and illuminated manuscripts as well as fifteenth-century Italian town halls and palaces. The transformational symbology of magic and alchemy that enlivened the work of a wide range of Renaissance artists, including Bosch, Brueghel, Dürer, and Caravaggio, found renewed expression in the visionary works of nineteenth-century artists, such as Fuseli and Blake, as well as in the creative output of the twentieth century’s Surrealists.

 

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren:

Matilde Battistini is an art critic and the author of Picasso: L’opera di un genio. 

Matilde Battistini is an art critic and the author of Picasso: L'Opera di un genio.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: ASTROLOGY MAGIC AND ALCHEMY IN ART
Verlag: J. Paul Getty Museum
Erscheinungsdatum: 2007
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: NEW