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23 de may. de 2024 · Shifting the volume’s focus to contemporary traditions of magic, Egil Asprem examines the reinterpretation and evolution of one style of magic in the modern era, so-called ‘Enochian’ magic, which claims to be based on the angel-conjuring practices of the 16th-century astrologer and mathematician John Dee (1527–1609).
Monarchism and Absolutism in Early Modern Europe. London, Pickering and Chatto, 2012, ISBN: 9781848931985; 320pp.; Price: £60.00. The idea of an age of absolutism has lately fallen out of fashion, for several reasons. The word absolutism was coined only in the 19th century and the concept of a generic absolutist model can easily obscure ...
Hace 2 días · Artist Erin Finley unpacks the latest royal portraits of King Charles and the Princess of Wales, and what the reaction to them says about the divided times we live in.
23 de may. de 2024 · Modernism was a movement in the fine arts in the late 19th to mid-20th century, defined by a break with the past and the concurrent search for new forms of expression. It fostered a period of experimentation in literature, music, dance, visual art, and architecture. Learn more about the history of Modernism and its various ...
17 de may. de 2024 · Of course, Royal Portraits – which includes, among 160 vintage prints, several unseen images – is awash with glamour and familiar faces: how could an exhibition containing dozens of shots by ...
Hace 3 días · Self-portrait, oil on canvas by J.M.W. Turner, c. 1799; in the Tate Gallery, London. Turner was the son of a barber. At age 10 he was sent to live with an uncle at Brentford, Middlesex, where he attended school. Several drawings dated as early as 1787 are sufficiently professional to corroborate the tradition that his father sold the boy’s ...
Hace 2 días · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (UK: / ˈ w ʊ l s t ən k r ɑː f t /; née Godwin; 30 August 1797 – 1 February 1851) was an English novelist who is best known for writing the Gothic novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818), which is considered an early example of science fiction. She also edited and promoted the works of her husband, the Romantic poet and philosopher Percy Bysshe ...
