Eye for detail : images of plants and animals in art and science, 1500 -1630 / Florike Egmond.
Eye for detail : images of plants and animals in art and science, 1500 -1630 / Florike Egmond.
Eye for detail : images of plants and animals in art and science, 1500 -1630 / Florike Egmond.
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Publisher
London, UK : Reaktion Books, 2017.
Call Numbers
G 2017/933
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Language
English
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Physical content
280 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Part I. Nature captured -- Part II. Untrue to life -- Part III. Micro before the microscope.
Publication information
Publisher
London, UK : Reaktion Books, 2017.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2017.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
Image-transforming techniques such as close-up, time lapse, and layering are generally associated with the age of photography, but as Florike Egmond shows in this book, they were already being used half a millennium ago. Exploring the world of natural history drawings from the Renaissance, 'Eye for Detail' shows how the function of identification l...
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Eye for detail : images of plants and animals in art and science, 1500 -1630 / Florike Egmond.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-269) and index.
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Date Copyright
©2017
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Call Numbers
G 2017/933
Record Identifier
74VKVRAJ2EkO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVRAJ2EkO
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ISBN
1780236409 (hardcover)
9781780236407 (hardcover)
DDC
508.0222
MMS ID
991024074792902626
