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Peacock
Christine E. Jackson
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Description for Peacock
Paperback. People in most countries are familiar with the blue peacock. This book brings together all the facets of the peacock including natural and social history, its role in religions and mythology in the East and West, and its place in the history of art and artefacts. Series: Animal. Num Pages: 192 pages, 41 black & white illustrations, 79 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 190 x 135 x 13. Weight in Grams: 356.
People in most countries are familiar with the blue peacock. It is one of the very few bird species that will tolerate a person standing within a few feet of it, and appears to appreciate an audience when it unfurls its magnificent train into a 6 7-foot arc of glittering iridescent feathers. The train feathers with their eye-spots have been prized possessions for centuries. The first record of a peacock in the Middle East, taken there from its homeland in the Indus Valley, was when King Solomon imported them c. 950 BC. The story of the peacock spread westwards and ... Read more
People in most countries are familiar with the blue peacock. It is one of the very few bird species that will tolerate a person standing within a few feet of it, and appears to appreciate an audience when it unfurls its magnificent train into a 6 7-foot arc of glittering iridescent feathers. The train feathers with their eye-spots have been prized possessions for centuries. The first record of a peacock in the Middle East, taken there from its homeland in the Indus Valley, was when King Solomon imported them c. 950 BC. The story of the peacock spread westwards and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Series
Animal
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781861892935
SKU
V9781861892935
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Christine E. Jackson
Christine E. Jackson is a writer who has researched extensively in bird art and illustration and the social and natural history of birds. She is the author of many books, including Bird Paintings: The Eighteenth Century (1994), Sarah Stone: Natural Curiosities from the New Worlds (1998), Dictionary of Bird Artists of the World (1999) and Sir William Jardine: A Life ... Read more
Reviews for Peacock
Part of Reaktion's compact and bijou (and lavishly illustrated) "Animal" series, Jackson's volume glides through the social and natural history of this most royal and untouchable of birds with maximum elegance and minimum fuss. Guardian The latest addition to Reaktion's excellent animal series ... Winging around the globe, Jackson explores the bird's remarkable associations, from Persia to Whistler. The Independent ... Read more