The insect and the image : visualizing nature in early modern Europe, 1500 - 1700 / Janice Neri

Englisch

Minneapolis, Minn. [u.a.] : Univ. of Minnesota Press, 2011

XXVII, 233 S. : zahlr. Ill ; 26 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index

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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.

Includes bibliographical references and index

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*Europa / Insekten / Malerei / Arbeiten auf Papier / Geschichte 1500-1700

*Insects in art ; Art, European -- Themes, motives

*Insects in art ; Art, European / Themes, motives

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