Transmutations--alchemy in art
Subtitle: selected works from the Eddleman and Fisher collections at the Chemical Heritage Foundation
By: Lawrence M. Principe, Lloyd DeWitt
Contributors: DeWitt, Lloyd; Chemical Heritage Foundation
Publisher: Chemical Heritage Foundation
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Philadelphia, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 40
Subjects: Fisher, Chester G., -- 1881-1965 -- Art collections; Eddleman, Roy, -- 1940- -- Art collections; Chemical Heritage Foundation; Alchemy in art; Painting, Dutch -- 17th century; Chemistry -- History -- 17th century; Painting -- Private collections -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia; Painting -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Description: Alchemy made important contributions to the development of modern science while firing popular imagination so strongly that portrayals of the alchemist at work pervaded the arts. The more celebrated goals of alchemy, like transmutation of base metals into gold, still tease and tantalize. This book offers a thoughtful look at the role of the alchemist in the 17th and 18th centuries, as depicted in a selection of paintings from the Eddleman and Fisher Collections housed at the Chemical Heritage Foundation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 39)