Help us get to over 8,755 articles in 2024.

If you know of a magician not listed in MagicPedia, start a New Biography for them. Contact us at magicpediahelp@gmail.com

Close Up Magic: Difference between revisions

From Magicpedia, the free online encyclopedia for magicians by magicians.
Jump to navigation Jump to search
No edit summary
(Redirecting to Category:Close Up Magic)
 
(3 intermediate revisions by 3 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
[[Close Up Magic | Close-Up Magic]] is performed with the audience close to the magician, sometimes even one-on-one. It usually makes use of everyday items as props, such as cards and coins and seemingly 'impromptu' effects. This is also called "table magic" particularly when performed as dinner entertainment.<sup>1</sup>
#redirect [[:Category:Close Up Magic]]
 
Browse MagicPedia's [[:Category:Close Up Magic]]
 
== History ==
 
The names for close-up magic have changed over the years and some of the earliest recent histories may be told from the title of two Jean Hugard books, <i>Sealed Mysteries of Pocket Magic</i> (1930) and <i>Close-up Magic</i> (1938) .<sup>4</sup>
 
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.<sup>2</sup> Hieronymus Bosch depicted a magician working with a pick-pocket in his 1500's painting, "The Conjurer"<sup>2,3</sup><br />
[[History of Close Up Magic |Main Article: History of Close Up Magic]]
 
== Subcategories ==
 
[[Cards]] - [[Coins]] - [[Paper]] - [[Balls]] - [[Impromptu]] - [[Other Close-Up]] - [[Tools]] - [[Finger Ring and Rope]]
 
== Resources ==
 
[[Close Up Magic Books | Books]] - [[Close Up Magic Periodicals | Periodicals]] - [[Close Up Magic Videos | Videos]] - [[Close Up Magic Websites | Websites]]
 
See also [[:Category:Close_Up_Magic_Books]]
 
== References ==
<sup>1</sup> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_%28illusion%29 Magic (Illusion) On Wikipedia], <i>Types of Magic</i><Br />
<sup>2</sup> BBC's <i>History Of Magic - Close Up Magic</i>  [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JYbTLNRTuc&feature=related Also On YouTube]<br />
<sup>3</sup> Hieronymus Bosch's  painting <i>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Conjurer_%28painting%29 The Conjurer]</i><BR />
<sup>4</sup>[http://www.lybrary.com/sealed-mysteries-pocket-magic-p-262.html Lybrary dot com], listings and covers
[[Category:Close Up Magic|Close Up Magic]]

Latest revision as of 16:17, 20 September 2008

Redirect to:

Retrieved from "https://geniimagazine.com/wiki/index.php?title=Close_Up_Magic&oldid=7659"