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.

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.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / K.A.E. Enenkel and M.S. Smith -- Introduction / Karl A.E. Enenkel and Paul J. Smith -- Colour Plates / K.A.E. Enenkel and M.S. Smith -- Zur Konstituierung Der Zoologie Als Wissenschaft In Der Frühen Neuzeit: Diskursanalyse Zweier Großprojekte (Wotton, Gesner) / Karl A.E. Enenkel -- On Toucans And Hornbills: Readings In Early Modern Ornithology From Belon To Buffon / Paul J. Smith -- Biology And Theology In Franzius’s Historia Animalium Sacra (1612) / Vibeke Roggen -- Between Emblematics And The ‘Argument From Design’: The Representation Of Insects In The Dutch Republic / Eric Jorink -- Shell Collecting. On 17th-Century Conchology, Curiosity Cabinets And Still Life Painting / Karin Leonhard -- In Minimis Maxime Conspicua. Insektendarstellungen Um 1600 Und Die Anfänge Der Entomologie / Thea Vignau-Wilberg -- Curious Fish: Connections Between Some Sixteenth-Century Watercolours And Prints / Florike Egmond -- From Brazil To Europe: The Zoological Drawings Of Albert Eckhout And Georg Marcgraf / Rebecca P. Brienen -- Preliminary Material / K.A.E. Enenkel and M.S. Smith -- Making And Breaking The Stag: The Construction Of The Animal In The Early Modern Hunting Treatise / Suzanne J. Walker -- (Un)Stable Identities: Hippology And The Professionalization Of Scholarship And Horsemanship In Early Modern Germany / Pia F. Cuneo -- ‘A Remedy For His Beast’: Popular Veterinary Texts In Early Modern England / Louise Hill Curth -- Dehumanised Sinners And Their Instruments Of Sin: Men And Animals In Early Modern Bestiality Cases, Austria 1500–1800 / Susanne Hehenberger -- Renaissance Menageries. Exotic Animals And Pets At The Habsburg Courts In Iberia And Central Europe / Almudena Pérez De Tudela and Annemarie Jordan Gschwend -- Noah’s Ark Disembarked In Holland: Animals In Dutch Poetry, 1500–1700 / Johan Koppenol -- Octopuses, Foxes And Hares: Animals In Early Modern Latin And German Proverbs / Franziska Schnoor -- A Zoological Emblem Book: Willem Van Der Borcht’s Sedighe Sinne-Beelden (1642) / Vincent Buyens -- Faire Le Beau Pour Faire La Paix: Considérations Sur Les Bêtes Dressées De Joseph Boillot (1592) / Paulette Choné -- Life And Death In The Northern European Game Piece / Sarah R. Cohen -- Index Nominum / K.A.E. Enenkel and M.S. Smith.