Max Ernst and Alchemy: A Magician in Search of Myth

by M.E. Warlick

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292791364
• ISBN13: 9780292791367
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 335 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"