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Book SynopsisTaking a wholly different perspective on Max Ernst and alchemy, the author persuasively demonstrates that the artist had a profound and abiding interest in alchemical philosophy and often used alchemical symbolism in works created throughout his career.
Trade Review"M. E. Warlick's book is a unique and highly significant contribution to the literature on modern art and modern culture in general." --Linda D. Henderson, Professor of Art History, University of Texas at Austin " ... when M. E. Warlick discusses {Ernst's] early art and the Surrealist context, she is authoritative... Her own scrupulously researched chapters on the artist's formative years andpre-Surrealist paintings, together with her abbreviated history of alchemy, its literature and the"occultation of Surrealism" which began in the 1920s, are useful additions to the existingscholarship."--TLS, 21 September 2001
Table of Contents
- Foreword by Franklin Rosemont
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. The Myth of the Child
- 2. Alchemy: Its History, Revival, and Symbolism
- 3. Initiation
- 4. The Occultation of Surrealism
- 5. Collage as Alchemy
- 6. The Alchemical Androgyne: Ernst and the Women in His Life
- 7. As Above, So Below: The Alchemical Landscapes
- Conclusion
- Notes
- An Alchemical Glossary
- Selected Bibliography
- Index
