Astrology, Magic, and Alchemy in Art

Informationen zum Autor Matilde Battistini is an art critic and the author of Picasso: L'opera di un genio. Klappentext From antiquity to the Enlightenment, astrology, magic, and alchemy were considered important tools to unravel the mysteries of nature and human destiny. In this latest volume in the popular Guide to Imagery series, Battistini 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. Zusammenfassung Presents analysis of occult iconography in many of the masterpieces of Western art - from the astrological symbols that decorated churches and illuminated manuscripts! through the work of a range of Renaissance artists! including Bosch! Brueghel! Durer and Caravaggio! to the visionary works of nineteenth-century artists! such as Fuseli and Blake.

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• Authors: . Battistini, .. Battistini, Matilde Battistini
• Assisted by: Rosanna M. Giammanco Frongia (Translation)
• Publisher: Getty, j.paul, museum publ.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 07.02.2008
• EAN: 9780892369072
• ISBN: 978-0-89236-907-2
• No. of pages: 384
• Series: Guide to Imagery; Guide to Imagery; BIBLIOTHECA PAEDIATRICA REF KARGER; Getty Publications - (Yale); Getty Publications -
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history