A Kurt Jackson bestiary / Kurt Jackson ; with a foreword by John Krebs and an introduction by Charlotte Mullins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jackson, Kurt, artist.

Standardized Title:

Works. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jackson, Kurt--Themes, motives.

Jackson, Kurt.

Animals in art.

Themes, motives.

Physical Description:

160 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Lund Humphries, 2015.

Summary:

Natural history and art have been life-long preoccupations of the leading British painter Kurt Jackson (b.1961). For this book, Jackson has returned to zoology, the subject he studied at university, to create a beautiful bestiary: a body of work about fauna. Bestiaries date back to medieval times when religious instruction promoted the study and interpretation of animal life, often with the aid of elaborate illustrations. Later, the religious framework fell away, as artists and authors including Picasso, Toulouse Lautrec, Guillaume Apollinaire and Jorge Luis Borges used the form as a means of exploring nature, humanity and the relationship between the two. Jackson's contemporary bestiary extends this tradition, looking closely at both everyday and lesser-known species of birds, insects, mammals and fish in order to stimulate readers' connections with and appreciation of the world around them.

Contents:

Art, science and nature : Kurt Jackson's world / John Krebbs

The book of observed beings / Charlotte Mullins

Jellyfish and shellfish

Butterflies and moths

Bees and wasps

Beetles, bugs and flies

Fish

Reptiles and amphibians

Crows

Other birds

Mammals

Primates

Chronology.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781848221703

1848221703

OCLC:

899113951

Publisher Number:

9781848221703