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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté. Image fixe : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Egmond, Florike (1953-....)
Titre(s) : Eye for detail [Texte imprimé] : images of plants and animals in art and science, 1500-1630 / Florike Egmond
Publication : London, UK : Reaktion Books Ltd, 2017©2017
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (280 p.) : ill. ; 26 cm
Comprend : Introduction ; Part I. Nature captured. Green fashion : painted naturalia in collections
; Organizing nature : painted albums as collections ; In and out of order ; Part
II. Untrue to life. Persuasive high definition ; Rendering for recognition ; Zoom
: relevant detail in the visual study of nature ; Part III. Micro before the microscope.
Minute observation ; Visual dissection ; Conclusion.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-269) and index
Image-transforming techniques such as close-up, time lapse, and layering are generally
associated with the age of photography, but as Florike Egmond shows in this book,
they were already being used half a millennium ago. Exploring the world of natural
history drawings from the Renaissance, 'Eye for Detail' shows how the function of
identification led to image manipulation techniques that will look uncannily familiar
to the modern viewer. Egmond shows how the format of images in nature studies changed
dramatically during the Renaissance period, as high-definition naturalistic representation
became the rule during a robust output of plant and animal drawings. She examines
what visual techniques like magnification can tell us about how early modern Europeans
studied and ordered living nature, and she focuses on how attention to visual detail
was motivated by an overriding question: the secret of the origins of life. Beautifully
and precisely illustrated throughout, this volume serves as an arresting guide to
the massive European collections of nature drawings and an absorbing study of natural
history art of the sixteenth century
Autre(s) forme(s) du titre :
- Autre forme du titre : Images of plants and animals in art and science, 1500-1630
Sujet(s) : Illustration en sciences naturelles
Sciences naturelles
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781780236407. - ISBN 1780236409. - ISBN 9781780236872 (erroné) (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45219233d
Notice n° :
FRBNF45219233
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