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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté. Image fixe : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Neri, Janice
Titre(s) : The insect and the image [Texte imprimé] : visualizing nature in early modern Europe, 1500-1700 / Janice Neri
Publication : Minneapolis (Minn.) : University of Minnesota press, 2011
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XXVII-233 p.) : ill. ; 26 cm
Comprend : 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.
Note(s) : Notes bibliogr.
From the publisher. 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 paintings
and drawings -- as isolated objects, or specimens, against a blank background. The
artists and other image makers Neri discusses deployed this "specimen logic" and so
associated themselves with a mode of picturing in which the ability to create a highly
detailed image was a sign of artistic talent and a keenly observant eye. The Insect
and the Image shows how specimen logic both reflected and advanced a particular understanding
of the natural world -- an understanding that, in turn, supported the commodification
of nature that was central to global trade and commerce during the early modern era.
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
Sujet(s) : Insectes -- Dans l'art
Insectes -- Objets de collection
Illustration entomologique -- 1500-1800
Indice(s) Dewey :
595.702 22 (23e éd.) = Insecta - Illustrations
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780816667642. - ISBN 0816667640 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb44306239k
Notice n° :
FRBNF44306239
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