Alchemical symbolism

When the new Hills extension was opened, a large mural featuring alchemical symbols and motifs radiating from a central sun was commissioned to adorn the foyer. Inspection of the golden orb revealed a beaming face bearing the unmistakable features of the department s leader. 

There are 28 folios (56 recto and verso) 33 of the folios are illustrated. There are 11 naturalistic drawings of alchemical equipment (folios 18v—23v). 5 portraits of famous alchemists. 14 other folios are illustrated with large diagrams of alchemical symbols or abstractions of the chemical process. 

Gibson, Jasper. An interpretation of alchemical symbolism with reference to the writings of Edward Kelly. J Alchem Soc 3, no. 15 (Dec 1914) 17-25. 

Newman, William Royall. "Alchemical symbolism and concealment the chemical house of Libavius." In The architecture of science, eds. Peter Galison and Emily Thompson, 59-77. Cambridge (MA) MIT Press, 1999. 

Includes Dutch alchemist and his starving wife - Alchemical Symbols... 

Introductory page, with links to (main headings only) Alchemical music from Atalanta fugiens Searchable database of alchemical emblems [500 + images] Paintings and other artwork Images from manuscripts and books Images of alchemical apparatus Alchemical symbols for substances, processes and equipment Other material... 

Ekiert, Leszek. Alchemical symbols at the Museum of Pharmacy of the Jagellonian University. Pharmacy in History 41, no. 3 (1999) 110-112. 

Fisher Scientific Company. Alchemical symbols. Chemistry 44, no. 10 (Oct 1971) 27. 

Heym, Gerard. Report of discussion upon chemical and alchemical symbolism some alchemical picture books. Ambix 1, no. 1 (May 1937) 69-75. 

McLean, Adam. Alchemical symbols - acids. rhttp //www.levitv.com/alchemv/svmacids.html1. 

McLean, Adam. Introduction to alchemical symbolism. rhttp //www.levi tv.com/alchemy/svmbolic.htmll. 

Thompson, Charles John Samuel. Alchemical symbols and secret alphabets. Holmes Pub Group, 1988. ISBN 0916411982... 

Petrinus, Rubellus. Alchemical symbolism. [http //pwp.netcabo.pt/r.petrinus/medal-e.htm1. 

Edinger, Edward F. Anatomy of the psyche alchemical symbolism in psychotherapy operations. La Salle (IL) Open Court Pub Co, 1985. xviii, 260 p. ISBN 0812690095... 

Boehme (including his use of alchemical symbolism) and his influence on Milton other English writers and mystics... 

Surrealist artist Max Ernst defined collage as the "alchemy of the visual image." Students of his work have often dismissed this comment as simply a metaphor for the transformative power of using found images in a new context. Taking a wholly different perspective on Ernst and alchemy, however, M. E. Warlick 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. 

This is a record of the Exhibition that was on view at the Norton Simon Museum. The core of the Exhibition was a group of Works collected at the time of the Artist s first Museum Retrospective in Pasadena in 1963, which were supplemented by other works done under the influence of Duchamp. This Catalogue describes the symbolism of Duchamp s best-known work, which includes Alchemical symbolism..."... 

Perrie, Walter. By Moon and Sun. Edinburgh Canongate Publishers, 1980. 92p. Poetry imbued with alchemical symbolism. Includes woodcuts from the Rosarium Philosophorum throughout the text... 

A study of alchemical symbols and themes in the work of Shakespeare and his contemporaries... 

Gray, Ronald D. "Alchemical symbolism in Goethe s scientific and literary works." PhD thesis, Cambridge Univ, 1949. 

Gray, Ronald D. Goethe the alchemist a study of alchemical symbolism in Goethe s literary and scientific works. Cambridge Cambridge Univ P, 1952. x, 312p. 

Covers everything from the discovery of DNA to his own dreamlike encounter with his creation John Constantine. In between we touch on the curious exhumations of Cromwell, the death of Arthur Machen s wife, the poems of Rossetti and the alchemical symbolism of the most common English pub name. (Which is The Red Lion, just so you know.)"... 

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