Paperback
978-1-55195-117-1Size: 6" x 9"
Pages: 80
The Art of Insect Illustration and Threads of Entomological History
Bruce Peel Special Collections
By George E. Ball
This catalogue explores the interrelationship between the science of entomology and the art of illustration by highlighting some of the key holdings of early and classic works on insects in the University of Alberta Library. George E. Ball demonstrates how advances in printing technologies from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries contributed to the developing body of entomological knowledge.
Book details
Publication date: January 2005Features: Colour and B&W images
Series: Bruce Peel Special Collections
Keywords: Entomological Illustration;Art History;Entomological History
Subject(s): ART / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General, Art & Performance, Exhibition Catalogues, Environment, Animal Studies, Entomological Illustration / Art History / Entomological History, Entomological Illustration;Art History;Entomological History, Exhibition Catalogues, Art, Natural History, Science
Publisher(s): Bruce Peel Special Collections
Book details
Publication date: January 2005Features: Colour and B&W images
Series: Bruce Peel Special Collections
Keywords: Entomological Illustration;Art History;Entomological History
Subject(s): ART / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General, Art & Performance, Exhibition Catalogues, Environment, Animal Studies, Entomological Illustration / Art History / Entomological History, Entomological Illustration;Art History;Entomological History, Exhibition Catalogues, Art, Natural History, Science
Publisher(s): Bruce Peel Special Collections
George E. Ball. George E. Ball is Emeritus Curator of the E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum at the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Alberta.
Merrill Distad. Merrill Distad is Associate University Librarian for Research & Special Collections Services at the University of Alberta.
George E. Ball. George E. Ball is Emeritus Curator of the E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum at the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Alberta.
Merrill Distad. Merrill Distad is Associate University Librarian for Research & Special Collections Services at the University of Alberta.
