{"product_id":"animal-illustration-carol-belanger-grafton-9780486799865","title":"Animal Illustration: The Essential Reference","description":"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 D rer and other artists from the first centuries of printing. Subsequent illustrations include the seventeenth-century real and imaginary animals of Matth us Merian and the unique eighteenth-century compilations of Albertus Seba. Nineteenth-century images are drawn from sources as diverse as J. G. Heck's \u003ci\u003eBilder Atlas\u003c\/i\u003e; the prints of Georges Baron Cuvier; William Jardine's 40-volume \u003ci\u003eNaturalist's\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Library\u003c\/i\u003e; 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.\u003cbr\u003eDetailed bibliographical information concerning every source--including biographical details of each artist--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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carol Belanger Grafton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0486799867\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780486799865\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dover Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/20\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.80h x 8.30w x 0.30d","brand":"Carol Belanger Grafton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43990199992575,"sku":"9780486799865","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2636d2d5-00fd-46a8-a766-6238c75048a4.jpg?v=1683303568","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/animal-illustration-carol-belanger-grafton-9780486799865","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}