Paintings on stone. Science and the sacred 1530-1800

0539106 - ÚDU 2021 RIV DE eng M - Monography Chapter
Purš, Ivo
Alchemy, the Court of Rudolf II, and magical and scientific understandings of stone.
Paintings on stone. Science and the sacred 1530-1800. Munich: Hirmer, 2020 - (Mann, J.), s. 87-94. ISBN 978-3-7774-3556-5
Institutional support: RVO:68378033
Keywords : painting on stone * alchemy * Emperor Rudolf II * Kunstkammer
OECD category: Arts, Art history

Painting on stone became a typical element of late Renaissance and Mannerist visual art, which tended to push beyond existing limits in the choice of subjects and composition and the very execution. The new painting techniques on previously unusual materials were connected to an interest in all that was uncommon. Therefore, these paintings were a part of Emperor Rudolf II's Kunstkammer at the Prague Castle and reflected a wide scale of his interests in alchemy, mineralogy, painting, and other arts. For alchemy, the symbol of stone was fundamental because it was an intersection of its spiritual and material aspects.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0316847