Atalanta Fugiens: Difference between revisions

Browse history interactively

← Previous edit

Content deleted Content added

VisualWikitext

Revision as of 21:37, 10 April 2016 edit Randy Kryn (talk \| contribs) Extended confirmed users 279,544 edits add template 'Alchemy' ← Previous edit		Latest revision as of 09:33, 23 June 2024 edit undo Ashmole1652 (talk \| contribs) 77 edits m →Further reading Tag: Visual edit
(35 intermediate revisions by 22 users not shown)
Line 1: {{Short description\|1617 emblem book by Michael Maier and Matthias Merian}} ~~{{italic title}}~~ {{Infobox book \| italic title = Line 44: }} '''''Atalanta Fugiens''''' or '''''Atalanta Fleeing''''' is an [[emblem book]] with an [[alchemy\|alchemical]] theme by [[Michael Maier]] (1568–1622), published by [[Johann Theodor de Bry]] in [[Oppenheim]] in 1617 (2nd edition 1618). It consists of 50 discourses with illustrations by [[Matthias Merian]], each of which is accompanied by an [[epigram\|epigrammatic verse]], prose and a musical [[fugue]]. It may therefore be considered an early example of multimedia. The fugues were arranged in three voices symbolizing the [[philosopher's stone]], the pursuing adept, and obstacles in his way.<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Read \|first=John \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F6J-AUOWzpMC \|title=From Alchemy to Chemistry \|date=1995-01-01 \|publisher=Courier Corporation \|isbn=978-0-486-28690-7 \|pages=72–73 \|language=en}}</ref> As [[Florin George Călian\|Florin G. Calian]] writes, {{blockquote\|It is the first alchemical ''[[Gesamtkunstwerk]]'' that comprises music, images, poetry, and prose together in one piece. As is stressed on the frontispiece of the book, all the senses are involved in contact with this treatise: ''partim oculis et inteflectui... partim auribus et recreationi... videnda, legenda, meditanda, intelligenda, dijudicanda, canenda et audienda''. In this respect, ''Atalanta'' is a book that requires a rather contemplative exercise.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Alkimia operativa and alkimia speculativa. Some Modern Controversies on the Historiography of Alchemy \|url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=de&user=eywnpDEAAAAJ&citation_for_view=eywnpDEAAAAJ:u5HHmVD_uO8C \|access-date=2022-09-05 \|website=scholar.google.com}}</ref>}} == Title page == Line 50 ⟶ 54: * ''Top:'' Garden of the [[Hesperides]]. * ''Left:'' [[Hercules]] stretching out his arm to seize one of the golden apples. * ''Right:'' [[Aphrodite]] handing the golden apples to [[Hippomenes]]. * ''Bottom:'' Race between [[Atalanta]] and Hippomenes, with Atalanta picking up an apple. Behind them is a temple with lovers embracing each other, while in the background they appear as a lion and lioness. == Preface == [[File:Michael Maier Atalanta Fugiens Emblem 39.jpeg\|thumb\|~~left~~right\|Maier's reinterpretation of [[the Riddle of the Sphinx]] as pictured in Emblem 39<ref name=Webinar>Peter Forshaw/Ritman Library - [https://web.archive.org/web/20130803014418/http://www.ritmanlibrary.com/2012/11/infinite-fire-webinar-ii-the-emblemata-of-the-atalanta-fugiens/ Ritman Library Webinar on 'Atalanta Fugiens''.], at 48:45</ref>]] The preface contains a dissertation upon ancient music and narrates the Greek myth of Atalanta and Hippomenes. == Discourses == Each of the 50 discourses contains: * A detailed copper-plated engraving by [[Matthias Merian]]. * An epigram in verse set to music in the form of a [[fugue]] for three voices - Atalanta, or the ''vox fugiens''; Hippomenes, or the ''vox sequens'', and ''Pomum objectum'' (Apple) or ''vox morans''. "Atalanta fugiens" is a play on the word "fugue"<ref>Peter Forshaw/Ritman Library, at 18:15.</ref> Forty of the fifty fugues are based on compositions by [[John Farmer (composer)\|John Farmer]]<ref>Ludwig, Loren. “John Farmer’s ''Sundry Waies'': The English Origin of Michael Maier’s ‘Alchemical Fugues.’” ''Furnace and Fugue: A Digital Edition of Michael Maier’s “Atalanta fugiens” (1618) with Scholarly Commentary''. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2020. {{doi\|10.26300/bdp.ff.ludwig}}</ref> * An epigram in German. * A Latin verse with an accompanying discourse.<ref>Count Michael Maier: Life and writings J.B.Craven pub. 1914 reprinted 2003 Ibis Press</ref> Line 66 ⟶ 70: ==References== {{Reflist}} == Further reading == * [[Florin George Călian\|Calian, Florin G]] (2009), [https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=de&user=eywnpDEAAAAJ&citation_for_view=eywnpDEAAAAJ:u-x6o8ySG0sC Spiritual Alchemy and the Function of Image: Coincidentia oppositorum in Michael Maier's Atalanta fugiens], Central European University, Budapest. * [https://www.academia.edu/779423/Oratorium-Auditorium-Laboratorium_Early_Modern_Improvisations_on_Cabala_Music_and_Alchemy Forshaw, Peter J (2010)] 'Oratorium-Auditorium-Laboratorium: Early Modern Improvisations on Cabala, Music and Alchemy'.▼ Lenke, Nils; Roudet, Nicolas; Tilton, Hereward (2014), Michael Maier - Nine Newly Discovered Letters. ''Ambix: Journal of the Society for the History of Alchemy and Chemistry'' (pp. 1-47). Carla Bromberg, (2015), [https://www.calameo.com/read/0076312910bd4f10e26dc Musical Knowledge in the History of ''Atalanta fugiens'']. In: ''[https://www.cle.unicamp.br/ebooks/index.php/publicacoes/catalog/book/95 Crossing Oceans: Exchange of Products, Instruments, Procedures and Ideas in the History of Chemistry and Related Science]'' (pp. 117-133). [http://sashachaitow.co.uk/atalantaunveiled/ Chaitow, Sasha, ''Atalanta Unveiled: Alchemical Initiation in the Emblems of the Atalanta Fugiens'', Attic Books, 2020] == External links == Copies at various websites: [~~http~~https://www.scribd.com/doc/5986531/Maier-Atalanta-Fugiens scribd.com] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407223250/https://www.scribd.com/doc/5986531/Maier-Atalanta-Fugiens \|date=2019-04-07 }} (with engravings; without fugues, German epigrams) [https://web.archive.org/web/20170623152827/http://livres-d-hermes.pagesperso-orange.fr/DOC/ATALA101.HTM pagesperso-orange.fr] (complete scanned text including German epigrams; with appendix, errata; without engravings, fugues) *[https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/pc289j53n digital.sciencehistory.org] (complete high-resolution scan of a 1618 printing, all pages including engravings and fugues) [[c:Category:Atalanta Fugiens\|Images and other media at Wikimedia Commons]] * [[s:Michael Maier- Epigram verse to ''Atalanta Fugiens''\|English translation of Epigram Verse at wikisource]] * [http://www.alchemywebsite.com/atalanta.html alchemywebsite.com] English translation of complete book * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1a6X-JUL2LE youtube] colored prints with instrumental version of the music for each emblem [https://furnaceandfugue.org] Furnace and Fugue. An open-access multimedia resource published by the University of Virginia Press. This English translation of Maier's work features high-resolution, zoomable images and newly commissioned, manipulable vocal recordings of Atalanta’s music. ▲[https://www.academia.edu/779423/Oratorium-Auditorium-Laboratorium_Early_Modern_Improvisations_on_Cabala_Music_and_Alchemy Forshaw, Peter J (2010)] 'Oratorium-Auditorium-Laboratorium: Early Modern Improvisations on Cabala, Music and Alchemy'. {{Alchemy\|state=expanded}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:1617 books]] Line 86 ⟶ 99: [[Category:Fugues]] [[Category:Multimedia works]] [[Category:Classical mythology in popular culture]] [[Category:Atalanta]] [[Category:Hesperides]] [[Category:Hercules]] [[Category:Aphrodite]]