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Author:   Sven Dupré
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
Volume:   37
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.472kg
ISBN:  

9783319350578

ISBN 10:   3319350579
Pages:   200
Publication Date:   03 September 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

About the Authors.- Introduction; Sven Dupré.- Chapter 1 The Alchemical Art of Dyeing: The Fourfold Division of Alchemy and the Enochian Tradition; Matteo Martelli.- Chapter 2 Transmission of Alchemical and Artistic Practices and Materials in German Mediaeval and Premodern Recipe Books; Sylvie Neven.- Chapter 3 Artisanal Processes and Epistemological Debate in the Works of Leonardo da Vinci and Vannoccio Biringuccio; Andrea Bernardoni.- Chapter 4 Artificial Interventions in the Natural Form of Things: Shared Mettallogenetical Concepts of Goldsmiths and Alchemists; Henrike Haug.- Chapter 5 The Laboratories of Art and Alchemy at the Uffizi Gallery in Renaissance Florence: Some Material Aspects; Fanny Kieffer.- Chapter 6 Material and Temporal Powers at the Casino San Marco (1574-1621); Marco Berretta.- Chapter 7 Goldsmiths and Chymists:  The Activity of Artisans within Alchemical Circles; Lawrence M. Principe.- Chapter 8 Refutata per ignem: The Evidence for the Use of Thermal Analysis in Seventeenth Century European Ceramic Innovation; Morgan Wesley.

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This volume presents a multifaceted study of the complex, and sometimes blurred, relationship between art production and alchemical process, with a focus on artisans who utilized the agency of fire in the transformation of raw materials into objects of art, such as glassmakers, silver- and goldsmiths, and porcelain producers. ... present stimulating new ventures into the subject of alchemy through their ruminations on skill and imagination. ... excellent research and teaching resources that connect to a wide and diverse audience. (Donna Bilak, Isis, Vol. 107 (3), September, 2016)

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