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- catalog abstract "Known as the American Titian because of his mastery of color, Washington Allston was one of the preeminent American painters of the early nineteenth century. Attuned to the occult mysteries of Freemasonry and vitalistic theories of chemical optics, contemporaries interpreted the painter's transmutation of pigments into light as an alchemical process that resulted in spiritual gold. Allston himself worked within a Masonic culture of middle-class moral striving and aristocratic self-refinement, ever striving to attain a spiritual alchemy of the self that transcended base materialism. Through his paintings, he sought to facilitate the westward progress of the arts and letters to millennial fulfillment in America. Confronting antitheatrical, Antimasonic criticism, Allston's alchemical paintings of angels and angelic beings also represent chemical theories of color and optics that analogously signify the triunity of God's universe and political economy.".
- catalog contributor b10318780.
- catalog contributor b10318781.
- catalog created "c1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "c1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
- catalog description "1. Allston and the Masonic spirit -- 2. The Venetian secret as the philosopher's stone -- 3. Allston's pillow -- 4. Wisdom walks with God -- 5. Milk of the word or milk of poison -- 6. Where angels dare to tread. dia".
- catalog description "Confronting antitheatrical, Antimasonic criticism, Allston's alchemical paintings of angels and angelic beings also represent chemical theories of color and optics that analogously signify the triunity of God's universe and political economy.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 206-231) and index.".
- catalog description "Known as the American Titian because of his mastery of color, Washington Allston was one of the preeminent American painters of the early nineteenth century. Attuned to the occult mysteries of Freemasonry and vitalistic theories of chemical optics, contemporaries interpreted the painter's transmutation of pigments into light as an alchemical process that resulted in spiritual gold. Allston himself worked within a Masonic culture of middle-class moral striving and aristocratic self-refinement, ever striving to attain a spiritual alchemy of the self that transcended base materialism. Through his paintings, he sought to facilitate the westward progress of the arts and letters to millennial fulfillment in America.".
- catalog extent "x, 239 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0521431530 (hc)".
- catalog isPartOf "Cambridge studies in American visual culture".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "c1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "759.13 20".
- catalog subject "Allston, Washington, 1779-1843 Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "Freemasonry in art.".
- catalog subject "ND237.A4 B56 1997".
- catalog subject "Symbolism in art United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Allston and the Masonic spirit -- 2. The Venetian secret as the philosopher's stone -- 3. Allston's pillow -- 4. Wisdom walks with God -- 5. Milk of the word or milk of poison -- 6. Where angels dare to tread. dia".
- catalog title "Washington Allston, secret societies, and the alchemy of Anglo-American painting / David Bjelajac.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".