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Alchemy has had a long-standing relationship with art, seen both in alchemical texts and in mainstream entertainment. ''Literary alchemy'' appears throughout the history of English literature from Shakespeare to modern Fantasy authors. Here, characters or plot structure follow an alchemical magnum opus. In the fourteenth century, Chaucer began a trend of alchemical satire that can still be seen in recent fantasy works like those of Terry Pratchett. Visual artists had a similar relationship with alchemy. While some of them used alchemy as a source of satire, others worked with the alchemists themselves or integrated alchemical thought or symbols in their work. Music was also present in the works of alchemists and continues to influence popular performers. In the last hundred years, alchemists have been portrayed in a magical and spagyric role in fantasy fiction, film, television, comics and video games. ==Visual art== Jan Bäcklund and Jacob Wamberg categorize alchemical art into the following four groups: Within the first group are the illuminations and emblems found within the alchemical texts themselves. Illustrations appeared in early works such as the ''Chrysopoeia of Cleopatra'' but were largely absent in medieval works until the mid-thirteenth century. In the early fifteenth century, significant pictorial elements began to appear in alchemical works such as the Ripley Scroll and the Mutus Liber.〔Barbara Obrist. (''Visualization in Medieval Alchemy'' ) HYLE – International Journal for Philosophy of Chemistry, Vol. 9, No.2 (2003), pp. 131-170〕 This trend developed further in sixteenth century emblems. Inspired by the work of Horapollo, this allegorical art form was adopted by alchemists and used in the engravings of Matthäus Merian, Lucas Jennis, Johann Theodor de Bry, Aegidius Sadeler, and others.〔Stanislas Klossowski de Rola. ‘’The Golden Game. Alchemical Engravings of the Seventeenth Century.’‘ Thames and Hudson. 1988. p.13-15.〕 The trend of depicting alchemists in genre works began with Pieter Brueghel the Elder (c. 1525-1569), and was continued in the work of Jan Steen (1626-1679) and David Teniers the Younger (1610-1690). Alchemy has also played a role in the evolution of paint. Alchemists and pigment manufacture intersect as early as the Leyden papyrus X and Stockholm papyrus, and as late as Robert Boyle's ''Origin of Formes and Qualities'' (1666). The pigment recipes of artists such as Cennino Cennini and Theophilus have been influenced by both the practical and theoretical aspects of alchemy, and contained some allegorical and magical elements.〔Philip Ball. ''Bright Earth: Art and the Invention of Color.'' University of Chicago Press, 2003. p.80-82〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alchemy in art and entertainment」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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