Subject |
Insects in art.
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Art, European -- Themes, motives.
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Descript |
xxvii, 233 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
Contents |
Introduction. Specimen logic -- Insects as objects and insects as subjects : establishing conventions for illustrating insects. Joris Hoefnagel's imaginary insects : inventing an artistic identity -- Cutting and pasting nature into print : Ulisse Aldrovandi's and Thomas Moffet's images of insects -- Suitable for framing : insects in early still life paintings -- New worlds and new selves. Between observation and image : representations of insects in Robert Hooke's micrographia -- Stitches, specimens, and pictures : Maria Sibylla Merian and the processing of the natural world -- Conclusion. Discipline and specimenize. |
ISBN |
9780816667659 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0816667659 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780816667642 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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0816667640 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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