Gorgeous beasts : animal bodies in historical perspective /

"A collection of essays examining the place of animals in history and culture and their influence on life and art, from the Renaissance to the present"--Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Landes, Joan B., 1946-, Lee, Paula Young, Youngquist, Paul
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: University Park, Pennsylvania : Pennsylvania State University Press, 2012.
Series:Animalibus ; v. 2.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Animal subjects : between nature and invention in Buffon's natural history illustrations
  • Renaissance animal things
  • The Cujo effect
  • On vulnerability : studies from life that ought not to be copied
  • The rights of man and the rights of animality at the end of the eighteenth century
  • Calling the wild
  • Trophies and taxidermy
  • Fishing for biomass
  • Daniel Spoerri's Carnival of animals
  • A conversation with the artist Mark Dion.