Painted Alchemists : : Early Modern Artistry and Experiment in the Work of Thomas Wijck / / Berry Drago.
Thomas Wijck's painted alchemical laboratories were celebrated in his day as "artful" and "ingenious." They fell into obscurity along with their subject, as alchemy came to be viewed as an occult art or a fool's errand. But these unusual pictures challenge our understan...
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Berry Drago, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Painted Alchemists : Early Modern Artistry and Experiment in the Work of Thomas Wijck / Berry Drago. Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2019] ©2019 1 online resource (320 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Amsterdam Studies in the Dutch Golden Age Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Curiosity and Convention -- 2. Thomas Wijck, "Artful" and "Ingenious" -- 3. Wijck's Alchemical Artisans -- 4. An Experiment in Haarlem -- 5. The Artist's Laboratories Abroad -- 6. The Master of Nature -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Thomas Wijck's painted alchemical laboratories were celebrated in his day as "artful" and "ingenious." They fell into obscurity along with their subject, as alchemy came to be viewed as an occult art or a fool's errand. But these unusual pictures challenge our understanding of early modern alchemy-and of the deeper relationship between chemical workshops and the artists who represented them. The work of artists, like the work of alchemists, contained intellectual-creative and manual-material aspects. Both alchemists and artists claimed a special status owing to their creative powers. Wijck's formation of an artistic and professional identity around alchemical themes reveals his desire to explore this curious territory, and ultimately to demonstrate art's superior claims to knowledge and mastery over nature. This book explores one artist's transformation of alchemy and its materials into a reputation for virtuosity-and what his work can teach us about the experimental early modern world. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022) Painting, Dutch 17th century. Art and Material Culture. Early Modern Studies. History, Art History, and Archaeology. ART / History / Baroque & Rococo. bisacsh Artistry and Experiment in the Work of Thomas Wijck. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019 9783110661521 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Arts 2019 9783110605785 ZDB-23-DPK Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Arts, Architecture and Design 2019 English 9783110610017 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2019 English 9783110610765 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2019 9783110664232 ZDB-23-DGG https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048537778?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9789048537778 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9789048537778/original |
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