Comprehensive and entertaining; this volume comprises the greatest works in animal illustration from the Middle Ages through the twentieth century. The chronological presentation of hundreds of black-and-white and color images begins with a medieval illuminated manuscript by the Limbourg brothers and the Renaissance works of Albrecht Duuml;rer and other artists from the first centuries of printing. Subsequent illustrations include the seventeenth-century real and imaginary animals of Matthauml;us Merian and the unique eighteenth-century compilations of Albertus Seba. Nineteenth-century images are drawn from sources as diverse as J. G. Hecks Bilder Atlas; the prints of Georges Baron Cuvier; William Jardines 40-volume Naturalists Library; bird illustrations by John James Audubon; Alexander Wilson; Edward Lear; and many others; extraordinary butterfly and insect images by E. A. Seguy; as well as animal illustrations from Victorian chromolithograph die cuts. The exquisite Edwardian bestiary of the Detmold brothers brings the collection into the twentieth century; and ends with the imagery of contemporary dinosaur artist James Gurney.Detailed bibliographical information concerning every sourcemdash;including biographical details of each artistmdash;makes this collection a vital reference tool as well as a splendid resource of outstanding animal illustrations. Students of graphic art and illustration; as well as graphic designers and advertising professionals; will prize this treasury of material from many rare historic sources.
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