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The insect and the image : visualizing nature in early modern Europe, 1500-1700
Once considered marginal members of the animal world (at best) or vile and offensive creatures (at worst), insects saw a remarkable improvement in their status during the early Renaissance. This quickened interest was primarily manifested in visual images - in illuminated manuscripts, still life pai...
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| Document Type: | Online Resource Book |
| Language: | English |
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Minneapolis [Minn.]
: University of Minnesota Press
, 2011
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| Online Access: | http://kunst.proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/fid/upso-ebooks-art/dx.doi.org/10.5749/minnesota/9780816667642.001.0001 |
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The 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: | Oxford University Press : Minnesota Scholarship Online / Art |
| Summary: | Once considered marginal members of the animal world (at best) or vile and offensive creatures (at worst), insects saw a remarkable improvement in their status during the early Renaissance. This quickened interest was primarily manifested in visual images - in illuminated manuscripts, still life paintings, the decorative arts, embroidery, textile design, and cabinets of curiosity. This book explores the ways in which such imagery defined the insect as a proper subject of study for Europeans of the early modern period. |
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| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource (1 online resource (xxvii, 233 p.)) |
| ISBN: | 9781452946603 |
