Before disenchantment : images of exotic animals and plants in the early modern world /

Featuring one hundred illustrations of unusual and captivating creaturesfrom 'camel-sheep' to races of monopods and red-haired dwarvesBefore Disenchantment goes beyond orthodox histories of scientific illustration to celebrate a sense of wonder often lost in the modern world.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mason, Peter, 1952-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Reaktion, 2009.
Temas:
Exotic animals.
Animals in art > History.
Exotic plants.
Plants in art > History.
Natural history illustration.
Animaux exotiques.
Plantes exotiques.
Illustration en sciences naturelles.
NATURE > Essays.
NATURE > Reference.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Ecotourism.
Animals in art
Exotic animals
Exotic plants
Natural history illustration
Plants in art
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Marvels of the canaries
  • 2. Birds that grow on trees
  • 3. Hybrids, prodigies and monstrous races
  • 4. Americana in the Exoticorum libri decem of Charles de l'Écluse
  • 5. Americana in the Enterprise of the Accademia dei Lincei Rome
  • 6. The camel-sheep
  • 7. The sloth proceeds.

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