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

Folger bibliographic ID: 340238
Folger call number: N7668.I56 N47 2011
Folger holdings ID: 492260

General notes

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents

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

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

Aldrovandi, Ulisse, 1522-1605 Hoefnagel, Joris, 1542-1600 Hooke, Robert, 1635-1703 Merian, Maria Sibylla, 1647-1717 Moffett, Thomas, 1553-1604 Insects in art Art, European Druckgraphik Insekten (Motiv) Kunst Malerei Natur (Motiv) Raritätenkammer Stillleben Wissenschaft Insekten Motiv Illustration

author: Neri, Janice
subject: Aldrovandi, Ulisse, 1522-1605
subject: Hoefnagel, Joris, 1542-1600
subject: Hooke, Robert, 1635-1703
subject: Merian, Maria Sibylla, 1647-1717
subject: Moffett, Thomas, 1553-1604