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9780714876818: Animal exploring the zoological world (GENERAL NON-FICTION)
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ISBN 10: 071487681X ISBN 13: 9780714876818
Editorial: PHAIDON PRESS LIMITED, 2019

Sinopsis

The first book to bring together animal art from across all media, cultures, and time periods - from ancient Cave art and manuscripts to cutting-edge photography and digital-imaging techniques.Inspire a new appreciation of the complex relationship between animals and humans, a connection that crosses art, science, and culture.Includes iconic works by a diverse range of artists and figures such as Charles Darwin, Ernst Haeckel, Conrad gesner, John James audubon, Beatrix Potter, Andy Warhol, Damien Hirst, and Joel sartore.Features large-scale images, accessible texts, and reference information, including a glossary, timeline, biographies, and an introduction to animal taxonomy.Entries are selected by an International panel of zoologists, curators, academics, and specialists.

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Acerca del autor

The works explore and celebrate humankind's ongoing fascination with animals. Drawing on a range of cultures and traditions, and were selected by an international panel of zoologists, academics, art historians and curators, including: James Hanken (consultant editor and contributing writer) is Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology and Professor of Biology at Harvard University. He is also the director of the Museum of Comparative Zoology and curator of herpetology. As well as acting as consultant editor on the book and contributing texts, Hanken wrote the introductory essay to the book. Dr. Giovanni Aloi (advisor and contributing writer) is an expert on the representation of animals in modern and contemporary art. He is a faculty member at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Editor in Chief of Antennae: The Journal of Nature in Visual Culture (www.antennae.org.uk) and co-editor of the University of Minnesota Press Art after Nature. Ross Piper is a zoologist, entomologist and explorer. His work covers species discovery, how terrestrial arthropods live and science communication.

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Explore the beauty and diversity of the animal world through more than 300 captivating images

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Editorial
PHAIDON PRESS LIMITED
Año de publicación
2019
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
071487681X
ISBN 13 
9780714876818
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
352
Contacto del fabricante
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Phaidon Verlag GmbH
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