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Insect artifice : nature and art in the Dutch Revolt /

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...

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Main Author:	Bass, Marisa, 1981- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2019]
Subjects:	Hoefnagel, Joris, > 1542-1601. > Four elements. Natural history > Netherlands > History > 16th century. Natural history illustration > Netherlands > History > 16th century. Art and science > Netherlands > History > 16th century. Arts, Dutch > 16th century. Philosophy of nature > Netherlands > History > 16th century. Science > Social aspects > Netherlands > History > 16th century. Science and state > Netherlands > History > 16th century. Netherlands > History > Eighty Years' War, 1568-1648.

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