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Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des estampes et de la photographie, author.

Title Animal : a beastly compendium : treasures from the Prints and Photographs Department at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France / edited by Rémi Mathis and Valérie Sueur-Hermel ; preface by Michel Pastoureau ; translated from the French by Augusta Dörr.

Publication Info.	London ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, [2017]
	©2017

1 hold on first copy returned of 1 copy

Copies

Location		Call No.	Status
GDL Brand Library Non-Fiction		704.9432 BIB	In Transit

1 copy being processed for GDL Brand Library Non-Fiction.

Description	164 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm
	text txt rdacontent
	still image sti rdacontent
	unmediated n rdamedia
	volume nc rdacarrier
Note	Includes index.
	"First published in France under the title Animal © 2014, Bibliothèque nationale de France."
Contents	Machine generated contents note: -- Ass -- Bear -- "Beast of Gévaudan" -- Beaver -- Bee -- Bird -- "Bird-Woman" -- Bull -- Butterfly -- Camel -- Carp -- Cat -- Chimera -- Cow -- Crocodile -- Deer -- Dinosaur -- Dog -- Dolphin -- Dromedary -- Duck -- Elephant -- Fish -- Fox -- Frog -- Giant Squid -- Giraffe -- Goat -- Goose -- Grasshopper -- Hippopotamus -- Horse -- Jaguar -- Lion -- Mole -- Monkey -- Mouse -- Ostrich -- Owl -- Ox -- Panther -- Parrot -- Peacock -- Pelican -- Pig -- Porcupine -- Rabbit -- Ram -- Rhinoceros -- Salamander -- Shrimp -- Snake -- Snowy Owl -- Sperm Whale -- Spider -- Spiny Lobster -- Stag -- Swan -- Tiger -- Turtle Dove -- Unicorn -- Water Spaniel -- Wild Boar -- Wolf -- Zebra.
Summary	"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.
Subject	Bibliothèque nationale de France. Département des estampes et de la photographie -- Catalogs.
	Animals in art -- Catalogs.
	Prints, French -- Catalogs.
	Prints, European -- Catalogs.
	Prints, American -- Catalogs.
	Prints -- France -- Paris -- Catalogs.
Added Author	Sueur-Hermel, Valérie, editor.
	Mathis, Rémi, 1982- editor.
	Pastoureau, Michel, 1947- writer of preface.
	Dörr, Augusta, translator.
Added Title	Animal. English
ISBN	9781474274944 hardback
	1474274943 hardback