Alison E. Wright: Curious Beasts

Cover: 9780714126883 | Curious Beasts | Animal Prints from the British Museum | Wright | Buch

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Beschreibung

The Camelopard, The Monstrous Pig, The Famous Porcupine, Dürers Rhinoceros: these are but a few of the beautiful and bizarre creatures that feature in this delightful book. In the visual arts of the fifteenth to the early nineteenth centuries in Europe, animals were understood in relation to the human world, whether as animals of the farm, estate or household, beasts of burden or as diversions in menageries and travelling shows. At the same time, rapidly increasing investigation of the natural world engaged artists in the problems of accurate representation: prints were particularly important in distributing natural historical information (or misinformation) across a wide, international audience. This beautifully illustrated book explores perceptions of the natural world as seen through the eyes of imaginative artists: works by Goya, Stubbs and Bewick stand alongside prints by lesser-known artists, each selected for its graphic strength, charm and narrative interest. Featured are natural history studies, masterpieces from the British Museum's exceptional collection of classical old master prints, book illustrations, satires and popular prints to beautifully capture the diversity and appeal of early modern print culture. Visually stunning, entertaining and intriguing, this book explores humankinds enduring curiosity about the animal world.

Über den Autor

Alison E. Wright is a curator of prints and drawings at the British Museum and curator of the Museum's touring exhibition Curious beasts: animal prints from Dürer to Goya.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2013
Genre:	Importe , Kunst
Rubrik:	Kunst & Musik
Thema:	Bildende Kunst
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9780714126883
ISBN-10:	0714126888
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Wright, Alison E.
Hersteller:	British Museum Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	190 x 172 x 15 mm
Von/Mit:	Alison E. Wright
Erscheinungsdatum:	16.09.2013
Gewicht:	0,337 kg