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The effluents of deity : alchemy and psychoactive sacraments in medieval and Renaissance art / Carl A.P. Ruck, Mark A. Hoffman.
Fine Arts Library N7745.A4 R83 2012 1 v. + DVD
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ruck, Carl A. P.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Alchemy in art.
- Alchemy--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Alchemy.
- Christian art and symbolism--Europe--Medieval, 500-1500.
- Christian art and symbolism.
- Christian art and symbolism--Europe--Renaissance, 1450-1600.
- Eyck, Jan van, 1390-1440. Ghent altarpiece.
- Eyck, Jan van.
- Europe.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 359 pages ; 23 cm + videodisc (148 min. : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.)
- Place of Publication:
- Durham, N.C. : Carolina Academic Press, [2012]
- Summary:
- Accompanying DVD contains an audio-visual presentation of images for chapters one to nine.
- Contents:
- Preface: "
- from whom all blessings flow"
- The secret of secrets
- Column at the end of time
- Blazons of the saints
- The grail
- The fountain of the bleeding lance
- God's throne on earth
- Mapping the pathways
- The effluents of deity
- In plain sight
- The Eucharist.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781611630411
- 161163041X
- OCLC:
- 743298805
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