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Wonders are collectible : taxidermy, tranquil beauty / J. Lemaitre.
LIBRA QL63 .L46 2016
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lemaitre, Jeroen.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Taxidermy--History.
- Taxidermy.
- Zoological specimens--Exhibitions--History.
- Zoological specimens.
- Dead animals in art.
- Animals in art.
- Exhibitions.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 175 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Tielt : Lannoo, [2016]
- Summary:
- Aren't we all rendered speechless by the ultimate beauty that nature has to offer? Don't we all want to capture it and indulge in these images forever? To capture animals in all their glory in such a way that it shows every flamboyant, scintillating detail is a delicate art. This book gives an overview of the history, the myths and the symbolism, the process, the most wonderful collections and interiors, decorated as true Wunderkammers, and the craftsmen and artists from past and present who elevated taxidermy to fine art.
- ISBN:
- 9789401434652
- 9401434654
- OCLC:
- 949770841
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