Table of Contents

About the Authors.- Introduction; Sven Dupré.- Chapter 1 The Alchemical Art of Dyeing: The Fourfold Division of Alchemy and the Enochian Tradition; Matteo Martelli.- Chapter 2 Transmission of Alchemical and Artistic Practices and Materials in German Mediaeval and Premodern Recipe Books; Sylvie Neven.- Chapter 3 Artisanal Processes and Epistemological Debate in the Works of Leonardo da Vinci and Vannoccio Biringuccio; Andrea Bernardoni.- Chapter 4 Artificial Interventions in the Natural Form of Things: Shared Mettallogenetical Concepts of Goldsmiths and Alchemists; Henrike Haug.- Chapter 5 The Laboratories of Art and Alchemy at the Uffizi Gallery in Renaissance Florence: Some Material Aspects; Fanny Kieffer.- Chapter 6 Material and Temporal Powers at the Casino San Marco (1574-1621); Marco Berretta.- Chapter 7 Goldsmiths and Chymists:  The Activity of Artisans within Alchemical Circles; Lawrence M. Principe.- Chapter 8 Refutata per ignem: The Evidence for the Use of Thermal Analysisin Seventeenth Century European Ceramic Innovation; Morgan Wesley.

Reviews

“This volume presents a multifaceted study of the complex, and sometimes blurred, relationship between art production and alchemical process, with a focus on artisans who utilized the agency of fire in the transformation of raw materials into objects of art, such as glassmakers, silver- and goldsmiths, and porcelain producers. … present stimulating new ventures into the subject of alchemy through their ruminations on skill and imagination. … excellent research and teaching resources that connect to a wide and diverse audience.” (Donna Bilak, Isis, Vol. 107 (3), September, 2016)