Animal Sightings by Jodi Cranston - 9780271097633

Name: Animal Sightings by Jodi Cranston - 9780271097633
Brand: Pennsylvania State University Press

Pennsylvania State University Press

Animal SightingsArt, Animals, and European Court Culture, 14001550\nAuthor(s): Jodi Cranston\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Pennsylvania State University Press, United States\nImprint: Pennsylvania State University Press\nISBN-13: 9780271097633, 978-0271097633\nSynopsis\nAnimal Sightings challenges two common ideas about the depiction of animals in early modern European court art: first, that the human figure relegated animals to peripheral and often symbolic roles, both compositionally and conceptually, and second, that the representation of animals during this period was predominantly tied to a growing interest in naturalism derived from scientific study and discovery. \n\nArt historian Jodi Cranston considers the diversity of art representing animals common to that time and place, including dogs, stags, falcons, and even insects. She discusses how early modern European courts (primarily in northern Italy, Tyrol, Saxony, and southern Germany, where the preponderance of European cour.