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Beschreibung
“David Brafman, just like the alchemists did, mixes ingredients to make gold.” -- The New Scientist
Alchemists are notorious for attempting to synthesize gold. Their goals, however, were far more ambitious: to transform and bend nature to the will of an industrious human imagination. For scientists, philosophers, and artists alike, alchemy seemed to hold the key to unlocking the secrets of creation. Alchemists' efforts to discover the way the world is made have had an enduring impact on global artistic practice and expression.
Brafman’s book is the first to explore how the art of alchemy globally transformed human creative culture from the ancient world to the modern scientific age, and displays the ways its legacy still permeates the world we make today.
“David Brafman, just like the alchemists did, mixes ingredients to make gold.” -- The New Scientist
Alchemists are notorious for attempting to synthesize gold. Their goals, however, were far more ambitious: to transform and bend nature to the will of an industrious human imagination. For scientists, philosophers, and artists alike, alchemy seemed to hold the key to unlocking the secrets of creation. Alchemists' efforts to discover the way the world is made have had an enduring impact on global artistic practice and expression.
Brafman’s book is the first to explore how the art of alchemy globally transformed human creative culture from the ancient world to the modern scientific age, and displays the ways its legacy still permeates the world we make today.
Über den Autor
David Brafman has been the rare books curator at the Getty Research Institute since 2002. This book grew out of the exhibition Art of Alchemy he curated at the Getty Center in 2017. His Ph.D. is in Classical Greek and Arabic. He was born and grew up in Brooklyn, NY.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2023
Genre: Importe, Kunst
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Kunstgeschichte
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9789401488808
ISBN-10: 9401488800
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Brafman, David
Hersteller: Lannoo Publishers
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 251 x 191 x 21 mm
Von/Mit: David Brafman
Erscheinungsdatum: 28.09.2023
Gewicht: 0,764 kg
Artikel-ID: 125728905

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