The Art of Insect Illustration and Threads of Entomological History

Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-1-55195-117-1
Verlag: University of Alberta Press

Buch, Englisch, 80 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 226 g

Reihe: Bruce Peel Special Collections

This catalogue explores the interrelationship between the science of entomology and the art of illustration by highlighting some of the key holdings of early and classic works on insects in the University of Alberta Library. George E. Ball demonstrates how advances in printing technologies from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries contributed to the developing body of entomological knowledge. Foreword by Merrill Distad.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ball, George E.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie Wirbellose (Invertebrata) Insekten (Entomologie)
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein Ausstellungskataloge, Museumsführer

Über Autor(innen)

Ball, George E.
George E. Ball is Emeritus Curator of the E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum at the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Alberta.