{"product_id":"the-insect-and-the-image-janice-neri-9780816667659","title":"The Insect and the Image: Visualizing Nature in Early Modern Europe, 1500-1700","description":"\u003cp\u003eOnce considered marginal members of the animal world (at best) or vile and offensive creatures (at worst), insects saw a remarkable uptick in their status during the early Renaissance. This quickened interest was primarily manifested in visual images--in illuminated manuscripts, still life paintings, the decorative arts, embroidery, textile design, and cabinets of curiosity. In \u003ci\u003eThe Insect and the Image\u003c\/i\u003e, Janice Neri explores the ways in which such imagery defined the insect as a proper subject of study for Europeans of the early modern period.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was not until the sixteenth century that insects began to appear as the sole focus of paintings and drawings--as isolated objects, or specimens, against a blank background. The artists and other image makers Neri discusses deployed this \"specimen logic\" and so associated themselves with a mode of picturing in which the ability to create a highly detailed image was a sign of artistic talent and a keenly observant eye. \u003ci\u003eThe Insect and the Image\u003c\/i\u003e shows how specimen logic both reflected and advanced a particular understanding of the natural world--an understanding that, in turn, supported the commodification of nature that was central to global trade and commerce during the early modern era. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRevealing how sixteenth- and seventeenth-century artists and image makers shaped ideas of the natural world, Neri's work enhances our knowledge of the convergence of art, science, and commerce today. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Janice Neri\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0816667659\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816667659\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/27\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.80h x 7.00w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2012","brand":"Janice Neri","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43980613255423,"sku":"9780816667659","price":27.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_02bb9c54-4da7-4114-9d8a-8d90921f585f.jpg?v=1683250909","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-insect-and-the-image-janice-neri-9780816667659","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}