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Author:

Bibliotheque nationale de France. Departement des estampes et de la photographie, author.

Title:

Animal : a beastly compendium : treasures from the Prints and Photographs Department at the Bibliotheque Nationale de France / edited by Remi Mathis and Valerie Sueur-Hermel ; preface by Michel Pastoureau ; translated from the French by Augusta Do˜rr.

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Visual Artsan imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

164 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm

Subject:

Bibliotheque nationale de France.--Departement des estampes et de la photographie--Catalogs.
Bibliotheque nationale de France.--Departement des estampes et de la photographie.
Animals in art--Catalogs.
Prints, French--Catalogs.
Prints, European--Catalogs.
Prints, American--Catalogs.
Prints--Paris--Paris--Catalogs.
ART--General.
ART--Plants & Animals.--Plants & Animals.
ART--General.--General.
Animals in art.
Prints.
Prints, American.
Prints, European.
Prints, French.
France--Paris.
Catalogs.

Other Authors:

Sueur-Hermel, Valerie, editor.
Mathis, Remi, 1982- editor.
Pastoureau, Michel, 1947- writer of preface.
Do˜rr, Augusta, translator.

Other Titles:

Animal. English

Notes:

Includes index. "First published in France under the title Animal ℗♭ 2014, Bibliotheque nationale de France."

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: -- Ass -- Bear -- "Beast of Gevaudan" -- Beaver -- Bee -- Bird -- "Bird-Woman" -- Bull -- Butterfly -- Camel -- Carp -- Cat -- Chimera -- Cow -- Crocodile -- Deer -- Dinosaur -- Dog -- Dolphin -- Dromedary -- Duck -- Elephant -- Fish -- Fox -- Frog -- Giant Squid -- Giraffe -- Goat -- Goose -- Grasshopper -- Hippopotamus -- Horse -- Jaguar -- Lion -- Mole -- Monkey -- Mouse -- Ostrich -- Owl -- Ox -- Panther -- Parrot -- Peacock -- Pelican -- Pig -- Porcupine -- Rabbit -- Ram -- Rhinoceros -- Salamander -- Shrimp -- Snake -- Snowy Owl -- Sperm Whale -- Spider -- Spiny Lobster -- Stag -- Swan -- Tiger -- Turtle Dove -- Unicorn -- Water Spaniel -- Wild Boar -- Wolf -- Zebra.

Summary:

"This beautiful book presents a selection of 100 graphic artworks depicting animals, both real and mythical frogs, dogs, lions and unicorns - held in the prints and photography collections of the Bibliotheque nationale de France. Each image is accompanied by a commentary that provides a historical context for the image and on the natural and symbolic history of the beast depicted. The panoply of wonderful beasts includes Durer's rhinoceros, Manet's cats on their Parisian rooftops, a carp by Hiroshige and Matisse's elegant swan, and the artwork includes etchings, lithographs, engravings and woodcuts from the 16th century to the present. In his preface to the volume, the cultural historian Michel Pastoureau considers the symbolic power of animals in the human imagination, providing us with 'a huge repertoire of signs and dreams'." -- provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1474274943
9781474274944

OCLC:

(OCoLC)951950258

LCCN:

2016056301

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)