LEADER 03041nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910461077703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4529-4660-4 010 $a0-8166-7841-3 035 $a(CKB)2670000000170368 035 $a(EBL)883504 035 $a(OCoLC)784886609 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000637005 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11458231 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000637005 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10677235 035 $a(PQKB)11269542 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001168495 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC883504 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse29950 035 $a(PPN)185130038 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL883504 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10551810 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL525868 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000170368 100 $a20110725d2011 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe insect and the image$b[electronic resource] $evisualizing nature in early modern Europe, 1500-1700 /$fJanice Neri 210 $aMinneapolis [Minn.] $cUniversity of Minnesota Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (264 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8166-6765-9 311 $a0-8166-6764-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction. 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. 330 $aOnce 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 b 606 $aArt, European$xThemes, motives 606 $aInsects in art 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aArt, European$xThemes, motives. 615 0$aInsects in art. 676 $a704.9/43257094 700 $aNeri$b Janice$01029347 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461077703321 996 $aThe insect and the image$92445687 997 $aUNINA