Nur Bild anzeigenMonkey Alchemist, 17th CenturyAn monkey-alchemist pumps a bellows in a laboratory; alluding to the vanity of alchemy. Alchemy is a philosophical and protoscientific tradition practiced throughout Europe, Africa, Brazil and Asia. It aimed to purify, mature, and perfect certain objects. Common aims were chrysopoeia, the transmutation of base metals into gold; the creation of an elixir of immortality; the creation of panaceas able to cure any disease; and the development of an alkahest, a universal solvent. The perfection of the human body and soul was thought to permit or result from the alchemical magnum opus and, in the Hellenistic and western tradition, the achievement of gnosis. In Europe, the creation of a philosopher's stone was variously connected with all of these projects. Engraving by J.P. Le Bas after David Teniers, 1650s.BildnummerAKG8146698KollektionScience SourceBildnachweisakg-images / © SCIENCE SOURCE/SCIENCE SOURCEBilddatum26.6.2018Zeitperiode17. JAHRHUNDERTThemenAFFEALCHEMIEALCHEMISTANTHROPOMORPHISMUSBLASEBALGGESCHICHTEKUNSTSTEIN DER WEISENGröße3263px × 4200px (39 MB) 27.6 cm × 35.5 cm @ 300 dpiRestriktionenNo model release.No property release.Zur Lightbox 'My First Lightbox' hinzufügen Zum Warenkorb hinzufügenDownload
