Spellbound : magic, ritual & witchcraft / Sophie Page, Marina Wallace, Owen Davies, Malcolm Gaskill, Ceri Houlbrook.
Publication details: Oxford : Ashmolean, 2018.Description: 176 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 27 cmISBN:- 9781910807248
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| 704.949128 SCH Beyond the uncanny valley: being human in the age of ai | 704.94913 DOW The horror show! : a twisted tale of Britain in three acts : monster, ghost, witch / | 704.94913 GRA Not without my ghosts : the artist as medium / | 704.94913 PAG Spellbound : magic, ritual & witchcraft / | 704.94915 BER Lacan, l'exposition : quand l'art rencontre la psychanalyse. | 704.949152 HUN Emotionarama | 704.949152 LIN The human touch : making art, leaving traces / |
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction / Sophie Page and Marina Wallace -- Love in a Time of Demons: Magic and the Medieval Cosmos / Sophie Page -- Musica Universalis - Harmonia Mundi and Hayden - Chisholm's Medieval Jukebox / Marina Wallace -- Concealed and Revealed: Magic and Mystery in the Home / Owen Davies and Ceri Houlbrook -- The Fear and Loathing of Witches / Malcolm Gaskill -- Modern Rituals and Magical Thinking / Ceri Houlbrook -- Installations by Contemporary Artists / Marina Wallace.
Do you believe in magic? Even if you don't, you probably 'think magiclly' sometimes. We touch wood to stop bad things happening, or take a lucky object to a job interviw or exam in an irrational attempt to influence the outcome. This catalogue explores the concept of 'magical thinking', which describes how people in all ages and cultures have sought to connect with an unseen world of perceived power.
Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 31 August 2018 - 6 January 2019.