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Elements: Chaos, order and the five elemental forces - Ellcock, Stephen
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Elements: Chaos, order and the five elemental forces
Type : Books
SKU: VV1609456
ISBN: 9780500027844
Pages: 256
Format: 171 x 235 x 26
Cover: Hardback
Year: 2024
Publisher: Thames & Hudson (Thames & Hudson)
Your Price: $232.36
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Краткая аннотация:
A remarkable compendium of diverse and evocative imagery exploring the wide-ranging and profound associations of the five natural elements, masterfully curated by image alchemist and cult social media figure Stephen Ellcock. Elements is an eclectic, evocative and resoundingly beautiful treasury of imagery exploring depictions of the elemental forces that reveal their profound significance to ancient philosophers, alchemists and astrologers, and modern artists, photographers and scientists alike. Expertly curated, themed and paired by image alchemist Stephen Ellcock, modern and visionary images are juxtaposed with the ancient and arcane; the creative power of the elements is contrasted with the disastrous; and the connections of the elements with the seasons, the humours, the signs of the zodiac and parts of the body are revealed. Following physician and occultist Robert Fludd’s (1574–1637) presentation of the order of the elements, Ellcock guides readers through a remarkable selectio |
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