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Le Livre de la magie (CLOTHBOUND) (French Edition)
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About Le Livre De La Magie
Product description La magie enchante l’humanité depuis des millénaires, suscitant l’effroi, le rire, la stupeur et l’émerveillement. Autrefois persécutés comme hérétiques et sorciers, les magiciens ont toujours été les intermédiaires d’un univers parallèle aux possibilités infinies, qu’ils évoquent des esprits, lisent dans les pensées ou inversent les lois de la nature en un tour de passe-passe. Longtemps avant la science-fiction, la réalité virtuelle, les jeux vidéo et Internet, l’art de la magie était le monde imaginaire le plus puissant que l’homme ait connu. Véritables pionniers des effets spéciaux, les magiciens n’ont cessé de nous plonger dans la perplexité en rendant l’impossible possible. Cet ouvrage rend hommage à plus de cinq siècles d’une étourdissante culture iconographique créée par les plus grands magiciens du monde. Rassemblant plus de 750 documents rarement vus ― affiches, photographies, programmes, gravures, ainsi que des tableaux de Jérôme Bosch et Bruegel notamment ― il retrace l’histoire de la magie du XVe siècle aux années 1950. Grâce à des illustrations sensationnelles et des textes clairs et instructifs, Le Livre de la magie explore l’art du magicien, des premiers escamoteurs des rues aux brillants prestidigitateurs des théâtres, de l’âge d’or de la magie, au XIXe siècle, aux risque-tout révolutionnaires comme Houdini et aux artistes de cabaret du début du XXe siècle. About the Author Mike Caveney is a writer, collector, professional magician, and the publisher of over 50 books on the theory, practice, and history of magic. His biographical works include Kellar’s Wonders (2003) with Bill Miesel, and Carter the Great (1995). An avid collector and performer for over four decades, he has appeared onstage or on TV in more than 20 countries. Jim Steinmeyer is the author of many books on magic history and practice, including Los Angeles Times best seller Hiding the Elephant (2004) and The Glorious Deception (2006). He has created deceptions featured by magicians such as Doug Henning, David Copperfield, and Siegfried and Roy, and critically acclaimed illusions for Broadway hits Mary Poppins, Beauty and the Beast, and Into the Woods. Ricky Jay, who has contributed the introduction to this book, is one of the world's great sleight of hand artists, and a distinguished actor, historian, and best-selling author. His Learned Pigs & Fireproof Women and Jay’s Journal of Anomalies were both New York Times "Notable Books of the Year," and he defined the terms of his art for The Cambridge Guide to American Theatre and Encyclopedia Britannica. Noel Daniel is a graduate of Princeton University and a former Fulbright Scholar to Berlin. She earned an MA in London and was director of a photography gallery before editing books. Her TASCHEN publications include Kay Nielsen'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, Magic, and The Circus.
