The Occult in Art

The Occult in Art

Occultism in art
Symbolism in art

“A beautifully illustrated book based on the fascinating theory that pagan and heretical beliefs are far more spread in Western culture than is usually realized, and that behind the imagery of numerous paintings and architectural motifs there are secrets waiting to be discovered” -- Lauren Hynd.

Fred Gettings

New York : Rizzoli

Introduction: the questing eye -- The living bull: a secret symbolism of the mediaeval zodiac -- Dual Pisces: the heresy of the two Jesus children in mediaeval art -- Mercury of angels: hermetic symbols in Renaissance art -- Sex sacred and profane: heretical and occult symbols connected with the Fall of man and gods -- The divine principles: Blake, Varley, and the spirits of the past -- Coloured fire: the occultism of Mondrian and Kandinsky -- As above, so below: aspects of alienation in modern art.

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