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Visions of the occult : an untold story of art and magic / Victoria Jenkins.
Fine Arts Library NX650.O33 J46 2022
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jenkins, Victoria (Archivist), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tate Gallery. Archive--Catalogs.
- Tate Gallery.
- Occultism in art.
- Art, British--Catalogs.
- Art, British.
- Occultism--Great Britain.
- Occultism.
- Archives--England--London--Catalogs.
- Archives.
- Art--England--London--Catalogs.
- Art.
- Tate Gallery. Archive.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- 176 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
- Distribution:
- New York, NY : ABRAMS
- Manufacture:
- [Hong Kong] : C&C Offset Printing Co., Ltd
- Place of Publication:
- London : Tate, 2022.
- Summary:
- Survey of the occult collection of artworks, letters, objects and ephemera in the Tate Archive. Over 150 esoteric and mystical pieces, never before seen by the public. Offers in-depth exploration of the occult and its relationship to art and culture including witchcraft, alchemy, secret societies, folklore and pagan rituals, demonology, spells and magic, para-sciences, astrology and tarot. Includes artists such as Ithell Colquhoun, John Nash, Barbara Hepworth, David Mayor, Max Armfield, Cecil Collins, Jill and Bruce Lacey, Francis Bacon, Alan Davie, Joe Tilson, Henry Moore, William Blake, Leonora Carrington, and Hamish Fulton.
- Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Alchemy
- 3. Witchcraft
- 4. Spirits
- 5. Divination
- 6. Tarot
- 7. Magic stones
- 8. Secret orders
- 9. Unseen energies
- 10. The new age
- Glossary
- Index
- Picture credits.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references, glossary, and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781849767620
- 1849767629
- OCLC:
- 1308545786
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