کیمیاگران نقاش: هنر و آزمایش در آثار توماس ویک (مطالعات آمستردام در عصر طلایی هلند)

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.--back Cover. Curiosity And Convention -- Authority And Secrecy -- Breugel, Stradanus, And Beyond : Pictorial Precedents -- Thomas Wijck, Artful And Ingenious -- The Young Wijck -- An Expanding Market -- Wijck's Reputation -- Wijck's Alchemical Artisans -- Chronology -- The Alchemist As Paterfamilias -- The Alchemist As Artisan -- The Alchemist As Scholar -- An Experiment In Haarlem -- Practical Alchemy In Wijck's Networks -- Van Eyck, Goltzius, And The Model Of The Experimental Artist -- Representing Alchemy In Haarlem -- The Artist's Laboratories Abroad -- Alchemy, Magic, And Secrets In Rome And Naples -- Elite Alchemy And Experiment In London -- The Foreign Alchemist -- The Master Of Nature -- Oil Painting And The Art-alchemy Debate -- Making And Representing Pigments -- Alchemy, Artistry, And Identity -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index. Elisabeth Berry Drago. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 263-273) And Index. 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

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