Studien über alchemistische Vorstellungen
Studien über alchemistische Vorstellungen
by Jung, C. G.
fromGesammelte Werke / Carl G. Jung
Studien über alchemistische Vorstellungen
by Jung, C. G.
fromGesammelte Werke / Carl G. Jung
Studien über alchemistische Vorstellungen
by Jung, C. G.
fromGesammelte Werke / Carl G. Jung
Studien über alchemistische Vorstellungen
Here, Elkins argues that alchemists and painters have similar relationships to the substances they work with. Both try to transform the substance, while seeking to transform their own experience. "Unlike many books on painting that usually talk about art or painters, James Elki…
"In What Painting Is, James Elkins communicates the experience of painting beyond the traditional vocabulary of art history. Alchemy provides a magical language to explore what it is a painter really does in the studio - the smells, the mess, the struggle to control the uncontro…
Here, Elkins argues that alchemists and painters have similar relationships to the substances they work with. Both try to transform the substance, while seeking to transform their own experience. "Unlike many books on painting that usually talk about art or painters, James Elki…
Introduction : lead into gold -- Visibilia -- Excursus : ambivalence -- Chemical nuptials -- Excursus : mercury -- A chemical couple -- Rumplestiltskin -- The sandman -- Excursus : counterfeiting -- Reading capital I, alchemically -- Digital gold.
"In the most basic sense, we think of alchemy as the transformation of a base material (usually lead) into gold, but "alchemy" is a word in wide circulation in everyday life, often called upon to fulfill a metaphoric duty as the magical transformation of materials. Almost every …
