Visions of Enchantment: Occultism, Magic and Visual Culture
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Author: Daniel Zamani
Visions of Enchantment looks at the fascinating intersections between esotericism and visual culture through a decidedly cross-cultural lens, with topics ranging from talismanic magic and the Renaissance exploration of alchemy, through to the role of magic in modern art and 20th-century experimental film. The essays in this volume have been selected from papers presented at a major international conference at the University of Cambridge in 2014.It presents work by some of the leading scholars in Western Esotericism, including Antoine Faivre, M.E. Warlick and Deanna Petherbridge. Visions of Enchantment attests to the vibrant role that magic and the occult play in cutting-edge research across a wide variety of the arts and humanities today.
ISBN 9781527228825. Fulgur Press. hb. 208 pages. 31.2 x 23.5 cm.
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Visions of Enchantment looks at the fascinating intersections between esotericism and visual culture through a decidedly cross-cultural lens, with topics ranging from talismanic magic and the Renaissance exploration of alchemy, through to the role of magic in modern art and 20th-century experimental film. The essays in this volume have been selected from papers presented at a major international conference at the University of Cambridge in 2014.It presents work by some of the leading scholars in Western Esotericism, including Antoine Faivre, M.E. Warlick and Deanna Petherbridge. Visions of Enchantment attests to the vibrant role that magic and the occult play in cutting-edge research across a wide variety of the arts and humanities today.
ISBN 9781527228825. Fulgur Press. hb. 208 pages. 31.2 x 23.5 cm.
reprinting