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The insect and the image : visualizing nature in early modern Europe, 1500-1700
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 image...
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| Document Type: | Online Resource Book |
| Language: | English |
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Minneapolis
: University of Minnesota Press
, 2011
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| Online Access: | http://kunst.proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/fid/jstor-ebooks-art/www.jstor.org/stable/10.5749/j.cttts5g8 |
| Related Items: | Print version:
Insect and the image Rezensiert in: [Rezension von: Neri, Janice, The Insect and the Image: Visualizing Nature in Early Modern Europe, 1500–1700] |
| Author Notes: | Janice Neri |
| E-Book Packages: | JSTOR E-Books in Art, Design and Photography |
| Summary: | 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 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 |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource (xxvii, 233 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780816667642 0816678413 0816667659 0816667640 9780816667659 9780816678419 |
