01879cam a2200409 i 4500 1344073285 TxAuBib 20240627120000.0 230308s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023006851 9780674659735 cloth 0674659732 cloth TxAuBib rda eng lat ita Grafton, Anthony, author. Magus : the art of magic from Faustus to Agrippa / Anthony Grafton. Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2023. 289 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. "Anthony Grafton explores the art and influence of an opaque historical figure: the magus, or learned magician. A distinctive intellectual type in Renaissance Europe, magi contributed to the humanistic currents of the time and had a transformative impact on public life, influencing advances in sculpture, painting, engineering, and other fields."-- Provided by publisher. 20240627. English; some quotations in Latin and Italian. Faust, -approximately 1540. Pico della Mirandola, Giovanni, 1463-1494. Ficino, Marsilio, 1433-1499. Trithemius, Johannes, 1462-1516. Agrippa von Nettesheim, Heinrich Cornelius, 1486-1535. Magic Europe History To 1500. Magic Europe History 16th century. Science and magic History. Humanists Books and reading Europe History. Renaissance. TXKIP