Bu Magic 1450s - 1950s

by Mike Caveney and Jim Steinmeyer

Ricky Jay and Noel Daniel (Editor)

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Special effects: A visual history of magic, from the Middle Ages to modernity

Magic has captivated humankind for millennia. Whether invoking spirits, reading minds, or inverting the laws of nature, the magician's hand has evoked terror, laughter, shock, and amazement. Long before science fiction, virtual realities, video games and the Internet, magic was the ultimate world of fantasy and possibility.

This book celebrates more than 500 years of the visual culture of magic. Through vintage posters, photographs, handbills, and engravings as well as paintings by the likes of Hieronymus Bosch and Caravaggio among others, it traces...Read more
  • ISBN13 9783836556675
  • Publish Date 20 August 2018
  • Publish Status Cancelled
  • Publish Country DE
  • Imprint Taschen GmbH
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 888
  • Language English