Gorgeous beasts  animal bodies in historical perspective / 
edited by Joan B. Landes, Paula Young Lee, and Paul Youngquist. 
 - University Park, Pa. :  Pennsylvania State University Press,  (c)2012. 
 - 1 online resource (xi, 231 pages) :  illustrations. 
 - Animalibus ;  v. 2 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Animal subjects : between nature and invention in Buffon's natural history illustrations /  Renaissance animal things /  The Cujo effect /  On vulnerability : studies from life that ought not to be copied /  The rights of man and the rights of animality at the end of the eighteenth century /  Calling the wild /  Trophies and taxidermy /  Fishing for biomass /  Daniel Spoerri's Carnival of animals /  A conversation with the artist Mark Dion /  Joan B. Landes --  Erica Fudge --  Paul Youngquist --  Ron Broglio --  Pierre Serna ; translated by Vito Caiati and Joan B. Landes --  Harriet Ritvo --  Nigel Rothfels --  Sajay Samuel and Dean Bavington --  Cecilia Novero --  Joan B. Landes, Paula Young Lee, and Paul Youngquist. 
<br/><br/> "A collection of essays examining the place of animals in history and culture and their influence on life and art, from the Renaissance to the present"--Provided by publisher. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780271061405 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Animals and civilization--History.<br/>Human-animal relationships--History.<br/>Animals and history.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QL85  / .G674 2012