Promethean Ambitions
Alchemy and the Quest to Perfect Nature

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Contents:
Introduction: From Alchemical Gold to Synthetic Humans: The Problem of the Artificial and the Natural
1 Imitating, Challenging, and Perfecting Nature: The Arts and Alchemy in European Antiquity
2 Alchemy and the Art-Nature Debate
3 The Visual Arts and Alchemy
4 Artificial Life and the Homunculus
5 The Art-Nature Debate and the Issue of Experiment
Afterword: Further Ramifications of the Art-Nature Debate