Rigor vitae: Lif Unyielding
Subtitle: the art of Carel Pieter Brest van Kempen
By: text by Carel Pieter Brest van Kempen ; with a foreword by Carl Brenders ; and an introduction by David J. Wagner ; edited by Laura White Schuett.
Contributors: Schuett, Laura White.
Publisher: Eagle Mountain Pub.
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Eagle Mountain,  Utah
Language: eng
Number of pages: 301
Subjects: Brest Van Kempen, Carel Pieter -- Themes, motives; Brest Van Kempen, Carel Pieter -- Aesthetics; Wildlife art -- United States; Zoology
First sentence: Last week the iron core of an ancient star collapsed, triggering an explosion that releases more energy with each millisecond than our solar system's seen since the Middle Ages.
Table of contents: title: Foreword -- by Carl Brenders
pagenum: xi; title: Acknowledgments
pagenum: xiii; title: Introduction -- by David J. Wagner
pagenum: 1; label: Prologue
title: Affecting Nature
pagenum: 4; label: Invertebrates
title: Spineless Wonders
pagenum: 10; label: Reptiles and Amphibians
title: Slithering Towards Gomorrah
pagenum: 48; label: Birds
title: The Song of Icarus
pagenum: 130; label: Mammals
title: A Class to Call Home
pagenum: 218; title: Appendix
pagenum: 281