ORAZI, Manuel (1860-1934) and Austin DE CROZE. Calendrier Magique . Paris: l’Art Nouveau, 1895.
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ORAZI, Manuel (1860-1934) and Austin DE CROZE. Calendrier Magique . Paris: l’Art Nouveau, 1895. 2° (550 x 160mm). 16 leaves featuring 13 full-page lithographs heightened in gold, numerous other lithographic illustrations in gilt and colours including large decorative initials, pentagrams, a tarot card and other occult symbols.
This striking publication brings together various elements of sorcery and occultism to produce a wildly unusual subversion of a typical calendar. Handsomely printed with strong colours in an apparent run of 777 copies, this work is an arresting example of the esoteric style of art nouveau illustration at the fin de siècle. Bib. Esoterica 609; Caillet 8197: 'fort original et d'une rare exécution artistique'.
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Calendrier Magique is an occult calendar created by Austin de Croze and illustrated by Manuel Orazi. The booklet calendar was printed in France in 1895 and only had 777 copies to commemorate magic for the coming year of 1896. It was meant to be a work of art rather than a real handbook for occult practices. The booklet blends Orazi’s Art Nouveau style with occult, horoscope, and tarot imagery. Overall, the calendar has dark, muted earth tones, natural elements, and organic line art – a clear reflection of the Art Nouveau style. This project was a lot different than Orazi’s well-known advertisement prints. Orazi’s work is usually imagery-focused with very little text, but this calendar has an equal balance of imagery and text– probably due to the fact that he is working in collaboration with de Croze. The imagery created by Orazi helps support the text written by de Croze. The text also reflects the Art Nouveau style. Art Nouveau takes heavy inspiration from the medieval craftmanship of books and manuscripts. This medieval-inspired scripture is extremely prominent throughout Calendrier Magique. In other works by Orazi, there is an element of elegance and glamour. Calendrier Magique also encapsulates these themes through the imagery of royalty and religious artifacts illustrated by Orazi.