Adventures of 51 Magicians and a Fakir

8489749426
35,00€
Año de Edición: 2005
Traducción: Kathryn McFarland
Producción Gráfica: ilustraciones y fotografías: Ángel Idígoras
160 pags
Binding: hardcover
Format: 30cmx21cm

Did magician Cazeneuve and the Queen of Madagascar have an affair? Was there a ghost living in the house of the Fox Sisters? Why do magicians pull a rabbit out of a hat instead of a racoon?
Who was buried at The Great Lafayette's funeral if it wasn't Lafayette himself? Who killed Chung Ling Soo? What magician invented the pay toilet?
This book, which also functions like a deck of cards, deals with the history of magic with a novel approach: through the caricatures and biographies of fifty-two famous magicians.
The book is filled with history, humor and adventure but, above all, it deals with magic and how to do magic.
With so many good magicians in it, the book ended up acquiring magic powers. Using the book and a deck of cards you can guess what is written on a randomly selected page; a caricature of a magician selected by a playing card disappear; a chosen page matches the only red card in a blue-backed deck; a line of text appears rotated when a spectator turns over the corresponding card.
The book opens the door to many new tricks.
It contains over a hundred magnificent caricatures by magician and artist Angel Idígoras, along with the life, stories, and miracles of each and every one of these celebrities, from the early conjurers to the magicians of today, including Houdini, Maskelyne, Hofzinser, Saint John Bosco, Dai Vernon, Slydini, Annemann, Cardini, Okito, René Lavand, Tamariz, Ascanio, and Copperfield.
Dedication
Thanks
Foreword by Aldo Colombini
Table of Contents
Table of Tricks
Introduction
Butchinger
Fawkes
Cagliostro
Pinetti
Bartolomeo Bosco
Döebler
Robertson
Robert-Houdin
Hofzinser
The Great Wizard of the North
Saint John Bosco
Doug Henning
Cazeneuve
Siegfried and Roy
The Hermanns
Buatier de Kolta
The Fox Sisters
The Davenports
Maskelyne
Kellar
Thurston
Bishop
Ching Ling Soo
Ching Ling Foo
Mèliés
Le Roy, Talma and Bosco
T. Nelson Downs
David Devant
Erdnase
The Great Lafayette
Malini
Leipzig
The Great Carmo
Selbit
Goldin
Houdini
W,C,Fields
Dante
Blackstone
Chang
Cardini
Dai Vernon
Okito
Fu-Manchú
Annemann
Slydini
Fred Kaps
René Lavand
Ascanio
Juan Tamariz
David Copperfield
Daja-Tarto
Appendix.
Just a couple of words, well... maybe more.

I am pleased to have been asked to write a few words about Angel's exceptional work for many reasons but most of all because... I envy him! I really wish I could draw that way!
I first become acquainted with Angel's caricatures through the books that Laura Avilés has published. These books were filled with amazingly unique caricatures of magicians (including myself). They were so good that they inspired me to give up drawing! In Italy we hace a saying when someone is not very good a drawing that goes "He cannot trace an 'O' with a glass!". Angel is certainly the opposite. He can draw the "O" WITHOUT the glass.
Magic is a fascinating art because it envolves sleight of hand and sleight of mind as well. It touches the heart as well as the soul in that it simulates emotions that involve the audience. Other arts are also magical to me in the same way, like a Van Gogh painting, a Vivaldi concerto for violin and the caricatures that Angel has drawn and collected between these two covers. You cannot enjoy them without feeling amused and amazed.
He has a gift that trylu lifts your spirits and brings a smile to your face.
With just a few lines, Angel is able to capture the heart and soul of the person he's drawing. This is magic. His art is a striking example of what a man can accomplish when he has enthusiasm for an idea and the talent to bring it to life.
More than just a book of beautiful art, although this alone would be more than enough, the book you are holding is made in such a way that it can be used to do a magic trick or two. Isn't this a brillian idea?
Angel, I have changed my hairstyle and cut off my beard... I think it is time for a new caricature of me! My compliments to a most talented artist! Thank you for sharing your gift with all of us.

Aldo Colombini.
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