MICHAEL MAIER'S ATALANTA FUGIENS
In my last article I explained how with the gardens of Heidelberg Castle there had been created a perfect example of a gesamtkunstwerk, a place where science merged with philosophy as well as pleasure and beauty; where sounds, smells and sights were all applied and combined to create an overwhelming, confounding, yet harmonious sensation. At exactly the same time – the second decade of the 17th century – in the town of Oppenheim, which belonged to the same tiny Palatine state as Heidelberg, a similar attempt to accommodate the senses on several levels was published in book form: the Atalanta Fugiens.
In my last article I explained how with the gardens of Heidelberg Castle there had been created a perfect example of a gesamtkunstwerk, a place where science merged with philosophy as well as pleasure and beauty; where sounds, smells and sights were all applied and combined to create an overwhelming, confounding, yet harmonious sensation. At exactly the same time – the second decade of the 17th century – in the town of Oppenheim, which belonged to the same tiny Palatine state as Heidelberg, a similar attempt to accommodate the senses on several levels was published in book form: the Atalanta Fugiens.
Besides illuminated manuscripts, books are not often
considered art forms in themselves. Atalanta Fugiens is much more than a book
though and merges several art forms. It contains fifty emblems, copper
engravings by the renowned engraver Matthäus Merian, each of which is
accompanied by a motto, an epigram in German and Latin, an explanatory
discourse and a fugue – a piece of music for instruments and three
voices.
The book was assembled by the German philosopher,
physician and alchemist Michael Maier. Just as in the case of the Heidelberg
gardens, the references, imagery and multi-layered metaphors applied are so
complex that these days no one is quite sure what the true meaning of it all
is. And for whom was it created? Who could decipher riddles that required
knowledge of all known fields of early 17th century science and philosophy?
A few things are clear about Michael Maier's enigmatic
masterpiece: the emblems and accompanying texts are a guide to alchemical
processes. In fact some of the riddles, when deciphered in a scientific way
will lead to actual results in laboratory chemistry. Yet the book was published
in a time when spiritual and mythological alchemy were a rage, and these
elements can also be found abundantly in the Atalanta Fugiens. The mysterious
Rosicrucian Manifesto had just appeared, a text that advocated a philosophical
approach to life based on spiritual alchemy. It strongly condemned practical
alchemy. One of its fiercest supporters (and perhaps authors) was Michael
Maier. So perhaps Atalanta Fugiens contains an entire philosophical system,
maybe even the foundations of a new religion. We'll probably never know.
(Edgar Foley)
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