Human Animal in Western Art and Science

Klappentext From the lazy! fiddling grasshopper to the sneaky Big Bad Wolf! children's stories and fables enchant us with their portrayals of animals who act like people. This book explores a range of images and ideas to demonstrate just how deeply these underappreciated links between humans and other fauna are embedded in our culture. Zusammenfassung From the lazy! fiddling grasshopper to the sneaky Big Bad Wolf! children's stories and fables enchant us with their portrayals of animals who act like people. This book explores a range of images and ideas to demonstrate just how deeply these underappreciated links between humans and other fauna are embedded in our culture.

Product details

• Authors: Martin Kemp, Mr Martin Kemp
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2007
• EAN: 9780226430331
• ISBN: 978-0-226-43033-1
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 222 mm x 279 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Louise Smith Bross Lecture S.; Bross Lecture; Louise Smith Bross Lecture S.; Louise Smith Bross Lecture Series (CHI); Louise Smith Bross Lecture Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Plastic arts; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / General, ART / Subjects & Themes / Plants & Animals, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology, ART / Subjects & Themes / Landscapes & Seascapes, Zoology & animal sciences, Animals & society, Folklore, myths & legends, Animals and society, Nature in art, Zoology and animal sciences, Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology)