Title:
Astrology, magic, and alchemy in art
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Publication Date:
2007
Publication Information:
Los Angeles : J. Paul Getty Museum, c2007.
Physical Description:
383 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 20 cm.
ISBN:
9780892369072
General Note:
Originally published in the Italian as Astrologia, magia, e alchimia. Milano : Electa, c2004.
Contents:
Astrology. Myth and history ; The vault of heaven ; Influence of the heavens on earth -- Magic. Fabled origins ; The great themes ; Practitioners and practices ; Mind and body ; Enchanted places and passages -- Alchemy. Allegories and personifications ; Nature and its elements ; Magistery and its phases ; Emblems, tools, and protagonists.
Language:
English
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