{"product_id":"the-insect-and-the-image-visualizing-nature-in-early-modern-europe-1500-1700-paperback-softback-9780816667659","title":"The Insect and the Image; Visualizing Nature in Early Modern Europe, 1500-1700 (Paperback \/ softback) 9780816667659","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Insect and the Image\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eVisualizing Nature in Early Modern Europe, 1500-1700\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJanice Neri (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780816667659\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 27 October 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e280 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 17.8 x 1.5 cm, 0.493 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOnce 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Insect and the Image\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt was not until the sixteenth century that insects began to appear as the sole focus of paintings and drawings-as isolated objects, or specimens, against a blank background. The artists and other image makers Neri discusses deployed this “specimen logic” and so associated themselves with a mode of picturing in which the ability to create a highly detailed image was a sign of artistic talent and a keenly observant eye. \u003ci\u003eThe Insect and the Image\u003c\/i\u003e shows how specimen logic both reflected and advanced a particular understanding of the natural world-an understanding that, in turn, supported the commodification of nature that was central to global trade and commerce during the early modern era. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRevealing how sixteenth- and seventeenth-century artists and image makers shaped ideas of the natural world, Neri’s work enhances our knowledge of the convergence of art, science, and commerce today. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Specimen Logic\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI. Insects as Objects and Insects as Subjects: Establishing Conventions for Illustrating \u003cbr\u003eInsects\u003cbr\u003e1. Joris Hoefnagel’s Imaginary Insects: Inventing an Artistic Identity\u003cbr\u003e2. Cutting and Pasting Nature into Print: Ulisse Aldrovandi’s and Thomas Moffet’s \u003cbr\u003eImages of Insects \u003cbr\u003e3. Suitable for Framing: Insects in Early Still Life Paintings\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eII. New Worlds and New Selves\u003cbr\u003e4. Between Observation and Image: Representations of Insects in Robert Hooke’s \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMicrographia\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e5. Stitches, Specimens, and Pictures: Maria Sibylla Merian and the Processing of the \u003cbr\u003eNatural World\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConclusion: Discipline and Specimenize\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Univ Of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52580193370392,"sku":"9780816667659","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-insect-and-the-image-visualizing-nature-in-early-modern-europe-1500-1700-paperback-softback-9780816667659","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}