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Close Up Magic
Close-Up Magic, defined as a specific type of performance of magic, is a relatively recent term, not used until the 1920s. Prior to then it was sometimes called "Close-Quarters Magic." citation?
During the 1920s and 1930s, the term "Pocket Magic" was also used. Closeup Magic also has the term Micro-Magic which tends to be magic performed for a single person.
Close-up magic was first recorded in history by Cillica, a Roman philosopher and writer. He observed sleight-of-hand magic in the open air markets of Ancient Rome. The trick he noted, made use of cups and balls, something still familiar to magicians to this day.1 Hieronymus Bosch depicted a magician working with a pick-pocket in his 1500's painting, "The Conjurer"1,2
Main Article: History of Close Up Magic
Subcategories
Cards - Coins - Paper - Balls - Impromptu - Other Close-Up - Tools
Resources
Books - Periodicals - Videos - Websites
References
1 BBC's History Of Magic - Close Up Magic [ Also On YouTube ]
2 Hieronymus Bosch's painting The Conjurer