{"product_id":"9781474274944","title":"Animal A Beastly Compendium","description":"\u003ch1\u003eAnimal\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Beastly Compendium\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eValérie Sueur-Hermel | Rémi Mathis\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eArt \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis sumptuous book presents a selection of over one hundred stunning artworks, depicting animals real and mythical, from the prints and photography collections of the Bibliothèque nationale de France.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe work opens with a preface from celebrated cultural historian Michel Pastoureau, who considers the symbolic importance of animals to our dreams and imagination. Each image is accompanied by a commentary from one of the BnF's expert editorial team of curators and archivists, which provides information on the natural and symbolic history of the creature depicted. Featured artworks include such masterpieces as Dürer's rhinoceros, Manet's cats, a carp by Hiroshige and Matisse's swan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a truly beautiful and authoritative collection of some of the most recognisable and accomplished works of animal-themed art, from the medieval period to the present day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRémi Mathis\u003c\/b\u003e is a curator at the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris. A specialist of old-masters prints, he has extensively published on this subject. He is also the editor of the French scholarly journal on printmaking, \u003ci\u003eNouvelles de l'estampe, \u003c\/i\u003eand teaches at the École nationale des chartes and the École du Louvre, both in France.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eValérie Sueur-Hermel\u003c\/b\u003e is a curator at the Bibliotheque nationale de France in Paris.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichel Pastoureau\u003c\/b\u003e is a director of studies at the Sorbonne, France. He is an academician of the Académie internationale d'héraldique and vice-president of the Société française d'héraldique.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e21 September 2017\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Visual Arts\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781474274944\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e168\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e44.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51332322033804,"sku":"9781474274944","price":54.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_cb5e34d7-c8d9-41f0-86d0-1d0eee5e7ea2.jpg?v=1783602921","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781474274944","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}