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Animal : a beastly compendium : treasures from the Prints and Photographs Department at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France

Title
Animal : a beastly compendium : treasures from the Prints and Photographs Department at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France / edited by Rémi Mathis and Valérie Sueur-Hermel ; preface by Michel Pastoureau ; translated from the French by Augusta Dörr.
Author
Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des estampes et de la photographie, author.
Publication
  • London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, [2017]
  • ©2017

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Additional Authors
  • Sueur-Hermel, Valérie
  • Mathis, Rémi, 1982-
  • Pastoureau, Michel, 1947-
  • Dörr, Augusta
Description
164 pages : illustrations (some color); 30 cm
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.
Uniform Title
Animal. English
Alternative Title
Animal.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Catalogs.
Note
  • Includes index.
  • "First published in France under the title Animal © 2014, Bibliothèque nationale de France."
Contents
Ass -- Bear -- "Beast of Gévaudan" -- 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.
Call Number
JFF 18-972
ISBN
  • 9781474274944
  • 1474274943
LCCN
2016056301
OCLC
951950258
Author
Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des estampes et de la photographie, author.
Title
Animal : a beastly compendium : treasures from the Prints and Photographs Department at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France / edited by Rémi Mathis and Valérie Sueur-Hermel ; preface by Michel Pastoureau ; translated from the French by Augusta Dörr.
Publisher
London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, [2017]
Copyright Date
©2017
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Added Author
Sueur-Hermel, Valérie, editor.
Mathis, Rémi, 1982- editor.
Pastoureau, Michel, 1947- writer of preface.
Dörr, Augusta, translator.
Research Call Number
JFF 18-972
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