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Curious beasts : animal prints from the British Museum

Title: Curious beasts : animal prints from the British Museum / Alison E. Wright.
Author: Wright, Alison, 1965-
Publication: London : The British Museum Press, 2013.

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Description

112 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 19 cm

Summary

In the visual arts of the 15th to the early 19th centuries in Europe, animals were understood in relation to the human world. At the same time, increasing investigation of the natural world engaged artists in the problems of accurate representation: prints were particularly important in distributing information across a wide audience. This illustrated book explores perceptions of the natural world as seen through the eyes of imaginative artists.

Alternative Title

Animal prints from the British Museum

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Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.

Note

Published to accompany the touring exhibiton to Compton Verney, Warwickshire, October 5-December 15, 2013, Ulster Museum, Belfast, March 1-May 25, 2014, and Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, June 7-August 31, 2014, of the animal print collection from the British Museum.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 110-111).

Contents

Animals allegorical -- Animals observed -- Animals encountered.

Call Number

JQC 17-104

ISBN

9780714126883
0714126888

OCLC

852806543

Author

Wright, Alison, 1965- author.

Title

Curious beasts : animal prints from the British Museum / Alison E. Wright.

Publisher

London : The British Museum Press, 2013.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 110-111).

Added Author

Compton Verney (Gallery), host institution.

Ulster Museum, host institution.

Ferens Art Gallery, host institution.

Research Call Number

JQC 17-104

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