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Zoo: Animals in Art Book
What's the oldest subject in art? It's not lily pads or naked maidens, but animals. They were depicted in Paleolithic cave drawings, in Egyptian tomb paintings, and in ancient Roman and Egyptian art. Compiled by art historian Edward Lucie-Smith, Zoo, with reproductions of more than 300 animal-centric artworks and brief chapter introductions by the author, offers a colorful, compelling introduction to this enormous subject. In chapters such as "In the Jungle," "Creatures of the Air," and "Microcosmos," Lucie-Smith brings together similar animal subjects, revealing how disparate cultures and artists have viewed and mythologized other living creatures in radically different ways. He places, for example, ivory Inuit carvings of polar bears near an image of a polar bear in a 16th-… read more...
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