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Paru le 25/08/2021 | Relié sous jaquette 535 pages
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introduction by Ricky Jay | edited by Noel Daniel | German translation Holger Wölfle, French translation Philippe Safavi
L'art de l'enchantement
Les plus grands magiciens du Moyen Âge aux années 1950
Partez pour un voyage enchanté, au sens propre, grâce à cette histoire merveilleuse de la magie et de l'artifice, depuis le Moyen Âge et ses miracles jusqu'au XXe siècle et ses prestidigitateurs. Illustré de centaines d'affiches, photographies, programmes et gravures d'époque, rarement montrés, The Magic Book retrace en un tour de main cet art vivant si particulier du XVe siècle aux années 1950.
Art of Enchantment
The wordl's greatest magicians from the Middle Ages to the 1950s
Take a truly magical mystery tour with this sparkling compendium of magic and trickery front medieval thaumaturgies to 20th-century showmen. Featuring hundreds of rarely seen vintage posters, photographs, handbills, and engravings, The Magic Book follows this special performing art front the 1400s to the 1930s.
Nichts ist, wie es scheint
Die größten Magier der Welt vont Mittelalter bis in die 1950er
Seit Jahrtausenden sind die Menschen von Magie, Zauberei und Taschenspielertrieks fasziniert, und seit jeher lehrt das vermeintlich Unerklärliche sie das Fürchten, Staunen und - Gottsei Dank - heute auch das befreite Lachen. Anhand von mehr als 750 seltenen Plakaten, Fotografien, Werbezetteln und Sticherzeichnet The Magic Book die Gieschichte der Zauberkunst von 1400 bis in die 1950er-Jahre nach.
The editor :
Noel Daniel is agraduate of Princeton University and a former Fulbright Scholar to Berlin. Her TASCHEN publications include TATTOO 1730s-1950s, Kay Niclsen's A Thousand and One Nights and East of the Sun and West of the Moon, The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, The Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Wintertime Tales, The Magic Book, and The Circus.
The contributors :
Mike Caveney is a writer, publisher, collector, and professional magician who has published more than 50 books on the theory, practice, and history of magic. He has written a number of biographies, including Kellar's Wonders (2003) with Bill Miesel and Carter the Great (1993). An avid collector and performer for over four decades, he has appeared onstage or on TV in more than 20 countries.
Ricky Jay is considered one of the world's great sleight-of-hand artists. He is also distinguished as an actor, historian, and best- selling author. His Learned Pigs & Fireproof Women and Jay's Journal of Anomalies were both named New York Times « Notable Books of the Year, » and he defined the ternis of his art for The Cambridge Guide to American Theatre and the Encyclopedia Britannica.
Jim Steinmeyer is the author of many books on magic history and practice, including the Los Angeles Times bestsellers Hiding the Elephant (2004) and The Glorious Deception (2006). He has created deceptions featured by leading magicians such as Doug Henning, David Copperfield, and Siegfried and Roy, and critically acclaimed illusions for the Broadway hits Mary Poppins, Beauty and the Beast, and Into the Woods.
