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9%OFFJanice Neri - The Insect and the Image: Visualizing Nature in Early Modern Europe, 1500-1700 - 9780816667659 - V9780816667659
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The Insect and the Image: Visualizing Nature in Early Modern Europe, 1500-1700

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Description for The Insect and the Image: Visualizing Nature in Early Modern Europe, 1500-1700 Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 82 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; 3JD; ACND; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 251 x 15. Weight in Grams: 552.

Once considered marginal members of the animal world (at best) or vile and offensive creatures (at worst), insects saw a remarkable uptick 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. In The Insect and the Image, Janice Neri explores the ways in which such imagery defined the insect as a proper subject of study for Europeans of the early modern period.

It was not until the sixteenth century that insects began to appear as the sole focus of ... Read more

Revealing how sixteenth- and seventeenth-century artists and image makers shaped ideas of the natural world, Neri’s work enhances our knowledge of the convergence of art, science, and commerce today.

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Product Details

Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816667659
SKU
V9780816667659
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99-50

About Janice Neri
Janice Neri is associate professor of the history of art and visual culture at Boise State University.

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