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. Close-up magicians may have worked in confederate with a "cut-purse" in the middle ages, who was responsible for pick pocketing the audience.^reference?(Historical Details)

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 ]