Early modern zoology : : the construction of animals in science, literature and the visual arts / / edited by Karl A.E. Enenkel and Paul J. Smith.

• Superior document: Intersections, v. 7
• TeilnehmendeR: Enenkel, K. A. E.; Smith, P. J.
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Series: Intersections (Boston, Mass.) ; v. 7.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (717 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Introduction /; Colour Plates /; Zur Konstituierung Der Zoologie Als Wissenschaft In Der Frühen Neuzeit: Diskursanalyse Zweier Großprojekte (Wotton, Gesner) /; On Toucans And Hornbills: Readings In Early Modern Ornithology From Belon To Buffon /; Biology And Theology In Franzius’s Historia Animalium Sacra (1612) /; Between Emblematics And The ‘Argument From Design’: The Representation Of Insects In The Dutch Republic /; Shell Collecting. On 17th-Century Conchology, Curiosity Cabinets And Still Life Painting /; In Minimis Maxime Conspicua. Insektendarstellungen Um 1600 Und Die Anfänge Der Entomologie /; Curious Fish: Connections Between Some Sixteenth-Century Watercolours And Prints /; From Brazil To Europe: The Zoological Drawings Of Albert Eckhout And Georg Marcgraf /; Making And Breaking The Stag: The Construction Of The Animal In The Early Modern Hunting Treatise /; (Un)Stable Identities: Hippology And The Professionalization Of Scholarship And Horsemanship In Early Modern Germany /; ‘A Remedy For His Beast’: Popular Veterinary Texts In Early Modern England /; Dehumanised Sinners And Their Instruments Of Sin: Men And Animals In Early Modern Bestiality Cases, Austria 1500–1800 /; Renaissance Menageries. Exotic Animals And Pets At The Habsburg Courts In Iberia And Central Europe /; Noah’s Ark Disembarked In Holland: Animals In Dutch Poetry, 1500–1700 /; Octopuses, Foxes And Hares: Animals In Early Modern Latin And German Proverbs /; A Zoological Emblem Book: Willem Van Der Borcht’s Sedighe Sinne-Beelden (1642) /; Faire Le Beau Pour Faire La Paix: Considérations Sur Les Bêtes Dressées De Joseph Boillot (1592) /; Life And Death In The Northern European Game Piece /; Index Nominum /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 1282601849; 9786612601842; 9047422368
• ISSN: 1568-1181
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Karl A.E. Enenkel and Paul J. Smith.

The new definition of the animal is one of the fascinating features of the intellectual life of the early modern period. The sixteenth century saw the invention of the new science of zoology. This went hand in hand with the (re)discovery of anatomy, physiology and – in the seventeenth century – the invention of the microscope. The discovery of the new world confronted intellectuals with hitherto unknown species, which found their way into courtly menageries, curiosity cabinets and academic collections. Artistic progress in painting and drawing brought about a new precision of animal illustrations. In this volume, specialists from various disciplines (Neo-Latin, French, German, Dutch, History, history of science, art history) explore the fascinating early modern discourses on animals in science, literature and the visual arts. The volume is of interest for all students of the history of science and intellectual life, of literature and art history of the early modern period. Contributors include Rebecca Parker Brienen, Paulette Choné, Sarah Cohen, Pia Cuneo, Louise Hill Curth, Florike Egmond, Karl A.E. Enenkel, Susanne Hehenberger, Annemarie Jordan-Gschwendt, Erik Jorink, Johan Koppenol, Almudena Perez de Tudela, Vibeke Roggen, Franziska Schnoor, Paul J. Smith, Thea Vignau-Wilberg, and Suzanne J. Walker.