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Download or read book AskART.com: Kurt Seligmann written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AskART.com presents information concerning American artist Kurt Seligmann (1900-1962). Additional information for Seligmann includes a bibliography of publications about the artist, museum holdings, current exhibits, images of the artist's work, etc. Auction records, including highest prices, are available only to AskART members.
Book Synopsis The Mirror of Magic by : Kurt Seligmann
Download or read book The Mirror of Magic written by Kurt Seligmann and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-10-16 with total page 715 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collector’s edition of the classic, illustrated, and comprehensive history of magic and the occult • Written by renowned Surrealist and magic scholar Kurt Seligmann (1900-1962) • Includes all 250 illustrations from the original 1948 edition • Explores magical practices and beliefs from their origins in the ancient world through the heyday of secret societies in the 18th century In the occult classic The Mirror of Magic, renowned Surrealist Kurt Seligmann (1900-1962) draws from his encyclopedic practitioner’s knowledge and extensive antiquarian collection to offer a comprehensive, illustrated history of magic and the occult from Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt through the 18th century. He explores the gods and divinatory arts of the legendary Sumerians and the star-wise Babylonians, including the birth of astrology. He examines the afterlife beliefs of the ancient Egyptians and the dream interpretation practices and oracles of ancient Greece, including the mysteries of Eleusis and the magical philosophy of Plato, Socrates, and other Greeks. He uncovers the origins of Gnosticism and the suppression and banishment of magic by the post-pagan, Christian emperors of Rome. Seligmann reviews the principles of alchemy, sharing famous transmutations and allegorical illustrations of the alchemical process and explores the Hermetica and its remarkable adepts. Investigating the Middle Ages, the author discusses the work of European magicians of the time, including Albertus Magnus, Roger Bacon, Agrippa, Nostradamus, and Pico Della Mirandola. He studies the medieval practices of devil worship, witchcraft, and black magic, as well as the “Cabala” in both its Hebrew and Christian forms. He also examines the art of the Tarot and many lesser known divination techniques. He explores the development of secret societies, including Freemasonry and Rosicrucianism, in the 17th century and the increase in occult publications and magical science in the 18th century. First published in 1948, this history of magic and the occult seeks to “mirror” the magical worldview throughout the ages. Beautifully illustrated with images from the author’s rare library, this collector’s edition features all of the artwork--more than 250 images--from the original 1948 edition.
Book Synopsis Vanished Splendors: A Memoir by : Balthus
Download or read book Vanished Splendors: A Memoir written by Balthus and published by Ecco. This book was released on 2002-12-03 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The painter Balthus, whose tenacity and cultivated taste for secrecy have enveloped him in an aura of forbidding mystery, wrote this memoir at the end of his long life. A man who for decades opted to "give expression to the world" rather than to "express" himself speaks for the first and only time about his life, family, work, his theory of art and how it intersects with history, literature, and spirituality. Balthus was born Balthasar Klossowski in 1908 to Polish art historian Erich Klossowski and his wife, the painter Elisabeth Dorothea Spiro. The family lived in Germany, France, and Switzerland. In this memoir Balthus describes his childhood with his mother and her lover -- the poet Rainer Maria Rilke -- who became Balthus's own spiritual mentor. He evokes la vie de boheme in Paris during the 1920s, his friendships with Picasso, Derain, Artaud, Giacometti, Saint-Exupéry, René Char, Pierre Jean Jouve, and Albert Camus. He discusses his paintings, offers glimpses into his marriage, and expresses his passion for Chinese art and the Swiss chalets and Italian villas that he helped to restore. He recalls touching moments with his beloved daughter Harumi and the inspiration he drew from his cats. Also, in a kind of final lesson, Balthus shares his thoughts about painting and creation, denounces contemporary art as being illusory and deceitful, and talks candidly about his Catholic faith and how it inspired his work. "We are most charmed by the memoir's ease of expression, as if Balthus were confiding in us, as individuals," writes Joyce Carol Oates in her introduction to Vanished Splendors. "We are brought into a startling intimacy with genius."
Book Synopsis Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism by : Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)
Download or read book Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism written by Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Book Synopsis Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists by : Paul Cummings
Download or read book Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists written by Paul Cummings and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A completely revised and updated sixth edition of the most useful and detailed directory of America's leading artists. Over 900 comprehensive entries including biographical data, exhibitions, special commissions, collections, and a bibliography. With 149 newly selected illustrations.
Book Synopsis The Great Ghost Rescue by : Eva Ibbotson
Download or read book The Great Ghost Rescue written by Eva Ibbotson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2003-04-28 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ghosts of Britain need a sanctuary. Castles with central heating, bogs drained for motorways, dismal forests cleared for car parks-there are few places left for a respectable ghost to haunt. Humphrey the Horrible (actually his name is simply Humphrey-he added "the Horrible" to help himself become horrible) is a small, mostly unsuccessful ghost in a family of ghastly ghouls. His mother worries. But Humphrey has enough pluck to befriend a smart, politically aware schoolboy, Rick Henderson, who is willing to take the ghosts' cause right to the top, to number 10 Downing Street-home of the Prime Minister.
Book Synopsis The Balfour Declaration by : Jonathan Schneer
Download or read book The Balfour Declaration written by Jonathan Schneer and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2011-08-01 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the middle of the First World War, the British War Cabinet approved and issued a statement in the form of a letter that encouraged the settlement of the Jewish people in Palestine. Signed by the Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour, the Balfour Declaration remains one of the most important documents of the last hundred years. Jonathan Schneer explores the story behind the declaration and its unforeseen consequences that have shaped the modern world, placing it in context paying attention to the fascinating characters who conceived, opposed and plotted around it - among them Lloyd George, Lord Rothschild, T.E. Lawrence, Prince Faisal and Aubrey Herbert (the man who was 'Greenmantle'). The Balfour Declaration brings vividly to life the origins of one of the world's longest lasting and most damaging conflicts.
Download or read book Work and Pay written by Leone Levi and published by . This book was released on 1877 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Jewish Problem by : Louis Dembitz Brandeis
Download or read book The Jewish Problem written by Louis Dembitz Brandeis and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dark Riddle written by Yirmiyahu Yovel and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique analysis of the conflicting views toward Judaism reflected in the work of German philosophers Hegel and Nietzsche. Through his masterly analysis of the writings of both men, Yirmiyahu Yovel shows that anti-Jewish prejudice can exist alongside a philosophy of reason, while a philosophy of power must not necessarily be anti-Semitic.
Download or read book The Shape of Content written by Ben Shahn and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1957 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A modern painter discusses meaning and form in contemporary painting and offers advice to aspiring artists."--
Book Synopsis Identity's Architect by : Lawrence Jacob Friedman
Download or read book Identity's Architect written by Lawrence Jacob Friedman and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on private materials and extensive interviews, historian Lawrence J. Friedman illuminates the relationship between Erik Erikson's personal life and his notion of the life cycle and the identity crisis. --From publisher's description.
Book Synopsis The Spirit of Judaism (Classic Reprint) by : Josephine Lazarus
Download or read book The Spirit of Judaism (Classic Reprint) written by Josephine Lazarus and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-24 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Spirit of Judaism It is a sorry spectacle that the world presents at the end of our emancipated nineteenth century, hundreds and thou sands of our fellow-creatures, men, women, and innocent children, driven from their homes, helpless, destitute, and distracted flying where? Whither? No one knows for in turn each nation threatens to shut them out as outcasts and pariahs. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Book Synopsis They Knew They Were Right by : Jacob Heilbrunn
Download or read book They Knew They Were Right written by Jacob Heilbrunn and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2009-01-06 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From its origins in 1930s Marxism to its unprecedented influence on George W. Bush's administration, neoconservatism has become one of the most powerful, reviled, and misunderstood intellectual movements in American history. But who are the neocons, and how did this obscure group of government officials, pundits, and think-tank denizens rise to revolutionize American foreign policy?Political journalist Jacob Heilbrunn uses his intimate knowledge of the movement and its members to write the definitive history of the neoconservatives. He sets their ideas in the larger context of the decades-long battle between liberals and conservatives, first over communism, and now over the war on terrorism. And he explains why, in spite of their misguided policy on Iraq, they will remain a permanent force in American politics.
Book Synopsis The Luminous Heart of Jonah S. by : Gina Nahai
Download or read book The Luminous Heart of Jonah S. written by Gina Nahai and published by Akashic Books. This book was released on 2014-10-07 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part-murder mystery and part-family saga, this dramatic and often hilarious novel explores the history of Los Angeles's Iranian-Jewish community.
Book Synopsis German Impressionist Landscape Painting by : Götz Czymmek
Download or read book German Impressionist Landscape Painting written by Götz Czymmek and published by Arnoldsche Verlagsanstalt GmbH. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even though France is the birthplace of Impressionism, German artists also played a crucial role in shaping this style of painting. This book examines the work of the three great German painters of the late 19th and early 20th century: Max Liebermann, Lo
