Animal
Subtitle: a beastly compendium : treasures from the Prints and Photographs Department at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France
By: edited by Rémi Mathis and Valérie Sueur-Hermel ; preface by Michel Pastoureau ; translated from the French by Augusta Dörr
Contributors: Sueur-Hermel, Valérie, editor; Mathis, Rémi, 1982- editor; Pastoureau, Michel, 1947- writer of preface; Dörr, Augusta, translator
Publisher: Bloomsbury Visual Arts, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 164
ISBN-13: 9781474274944
Subjects: Animals in art; American Prints; Prints; Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des estampes et de la photographie; Catalogs; French Prints; European Prints; Bibliothèque nationale de France
Work titles: Animal
Description: "This beautiful book presents a selection of 100 graphic artworks depicting animals, both real and mythical frogs, dogs, lions and unicorns - held in the prints and photography collections of the Bibliotheque nationale de France. Each image is accompanied by a commentary that provides a historical context for the image and on the natural and symbolic history of the beast depicted. The panoply of wonderful beasts includes Durer's rhinoceros, Manet's cats on their Parisian rooftops, a carp by Hiroshige and Matisse's elegant swan, and the artwork includes etchings, lithographs, engravings and woodcuts from the 16th century to the present. In his preface to the volume, the cultural historian Michel Pastoureau considers the symbolic power of animals in the human imagination, providing us with 'a huge repertoire of signs and dreams'." -- provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes index.

"First published in France under the title Animal © 2014, Bibliothèque nationale de France."
Table of contents: title: Ass; title: Bear; title: "Beast of Gévaudan"; title: Beaver; title: Bee; title: Bird; title: "Bird-Woman"; title: Bull; title: Butterfly; title: Camel; title: Carp; title: Cat; title: Chimera; title: Cow; title: Crocodile; title: Deer; title: Dinosaur; title: Dog; title: Dolphin; title: Dromedary; title: Duck; title: Elephant; title: Fish; title: Fox; title: Frog; title: Giant Squid; title: Giraffe; title: Goat; title: Goose; title: Grasshopper; title: Hippopotamus; title: Horse; title: Jaguar; title: Lion; title: Mole; title: Monkey; title: Mouse; title: Ostrich; title: Owl; title: Ox; title: Panther; title: Parrot; title: Peacock; title: Pelican; title: Pig; title: Porcupine; title: Rabbit; title: Ram; title: Rhinoceros; title: Salamander; title: Shrimp; title: Snake; title: Snowy Owl; title: Sperm Whale; title: Spider; title: Spiny Lobster; title: Stag; title: Swan; title: Tiger; title: Turtle Dove; title: Unicorn; title: Water Spaniel; title: Wild Boar; title: Wolf; title: Zebra.