Insect artifice : nature and art in the Dutch Revolt / Marisa Anne Bass
Insect artifice : nature and art in the Dutch Revolt / Marisa Anne Bass
Insect artifice : nature and art in the Dutch Revolt / Marisa Anne Bass
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Publisher
Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2019]
Call Numbers
GQ 2019/0361
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xi, 297 pages : illustrations (some color), plates ; 27 cm
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction. Antwerp in metamorphosis -- Part I. The hammer and the nail. Hoefnagel's shoes ; The good herb patience ; The genius of place ; Monuments of friendship -- Part II. Nature's unmasterable elements. Animal ingenuity ; Fossil forms ; The insect as artifex -- Epilogue. The font of everythin...
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Publisher
Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2019]
Place of Publication
New Jersey
Date Published
[2019]
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Scope and Contents
Summary
This pathbreaking and stunningly illustrated book recovers the intersections between natural history, politics, art, and philosophy in the late sixteenth-century Low Countries. Insect Artifice explores the moment when the seismic forces of the Dutch Revolt wreaked havoc on the region's creative and intellectual community, compelling its members to...
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Full title
Insect artifice : nature and art in the Dutch Revolt / Marisa Anne Bass
Portion of title
Nature and art in the Dutch Revolt
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-289) and index.
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Date Copyright
©2019
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Call Numbers
GQ 2019/0361
Record Identifier
74VKVBkLE5vO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVBkLE5vO
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ISBN
0691177155
9780691177151
DDC
759.9492
MMS ID
991024241885102626
