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The Observer
04.08.19 AgendaThe Simone Lia cartoon
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Nature captured in
painstaking detail by
a 16th-century artistIn the late 16th century, Flemish artist,
scholar, poet and miniaturist Joris
Hoefnagel (1542-1600) created the fi rst
illustrated book devoted to the study of
insects. Document ing his observations with
the naked eye, he meticulously painted
hundreds of insects with watercolour and
gouache. Marisa Anne Bass , associate
professor of art history at Yale University,
has produced a book on his work, Insect
Artifi ce (Princeton University Press, £50 ).
“ Hoefnagel’s art is a reminder that nature
and culture go hand in hand,” says Bass.
“The natural world is not just the space that
we inhabit. It is also a space that allows us
to think through the very question of what
it means to be human.” Desiree SchneiderРЕЛИЗ
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