Of Shadows: One Hundred Objects from the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic - Softcover

Hannant, Sara; Costin, Simon

 
9781907222368: Of Shadows: One Hundred Objects from the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1907222367 ISBN 13: 9781907222368
Verlag: Strange Attractor Press, 2016

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Photographs of one hundred objects from Cornwall's Museum of Witchcraft and Magic, accopanied by informative texts from Sara Hannant and Museum director Simon Costin, as well as an introduction by the leading historian of British witchcraft and magic, Ronald Hutton.

One hundred objects, exuding magic and mystery, emerge from the darkness of Cornwall's much-loved Museum of Witchcraft and Magic in this book of haunting photographs.

Artist and photographer Sara Hannant has captured the very essence of these carefully-selected artifacts, including wax dolls, wands, statues, daggers, pendants, robes and amulets. Each striking image tells its own vivid tale of belief and ceremonial practice.

Accompanying the photographs are informative texts from Sara Hannant and Museum director Simon Costin, as well as an illuminating introduction by the leading historian of British witchcraft and magic, Ronald Hutton.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Sara Hannant is an independent photographer with a background in fine art, editorial, documentary, and socially engaged photography. Her photographs have been featured on the BBC, and in The Guardian and The Sunday Times, and other publications. Her book Mummers, Maypoles and Milkmaids: A Journey through the English Ritual Year received a runner-up Katharine Briggs Award in 2012.

Simon Costin, an art director and curator, is the director of the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic and the Museum of British Folklore.

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Verlag
Strange Attractor Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2016
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1907222367
ISBN 13 
9781907222368
Einband
Tapa blanda
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
240
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