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Through a Glass Darkly: The Visual Culture of Alchemy

Bowen Hall

Conference The pre-modern science and art of alchemy is famous for its vivid, often bizarre imagery. Alchemical images often represent ingredients and processes allegorically, suggesting analogies with other aspects of creation: from human generation and reproduction to the motion of heavenly bodies. Alchemists also used descriptive and diagrammatic images to convey practical and philosophical information […]

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