
Published to mark the fourth centenary of the Rosicrucian Manifestoes in 2014-2016, this lavishly illustrated volume focuses on a specific visual culture of the early 17th century. This visual culture partly originated in a circle of artists and authors who were directly inspired by the Rosicrucian Manifestoes and by similar sources expressing the relationship between God and Nature, macrocosm and microcosm.The first part of this volume considers aspects of the Rosicrucian movement and is largely indebted to the research by Rosicrucian specialist Carlos Gilly. The second part considers the images in the works of five authors: Heinrich Khunrath, Daniel Mögling, Stephan Michelspacher, Robert Fludd and Michael Maier. Master engraver Matthäus Merian the Elder illustrated the works of Maier and Fludd; four out of five authors claimed allegiance to the ideals of the Rosicrucian Brotherhood. The second part concludes with a description of one of the most stunning images in a manuscript (c.1735) of the Geheime Figuren der Rosenkreuzer.
Polish summary: „Mądrość jest nieskończonym skarbem, jako że stanowi ona tchnienie boskiej mocy i promień chwały Wszechmogącego. Jest ona odbiciem wiecznego światła, nieskazitelnym zwierciadłem siły Boga oraz obrazem Jego dobroci" – słowa te otwierają wstęp do jednego z Manifestów różokrzyżowców, Confessio Fraternitatis (1615). Obraz „duchowego mózgu", z przepięknie ilustrowanej pracy Roberta Fludda (1574-1637), przedstawia jak boska mądrość miała odnaleźć drogę do człowieka. Rycina Fludda zwięźle prezentuje treść obecnej książki: relację pomiędzy Bogiem, człowiekiem i naturą, wyrażoną w wizualnym języku siedemnastego stulecia pod wpływem inspiracji płynącej z Manifestów ruchu różokrzyżowego.
Edited by: José Bouman & Cis van Heertum
Year of Publication: 2016
Publisher: In de Pelikaan
Number of Pages: 168
Language: Polish
Cover: Softcover
ISBN: 9789071608391
Available in other languages: Czech, Dutch, English, Hungarian, German
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