Guerrini, Anita (Author)
Configurations: A Journal of Literature, Science, and Technology
Volume: 14, no. 1-2
Issue: 1 - 2
Pages: 29-41
Edition Details: Part of a special issue: Thinking with Animals.
Language: English
Apart from its function as a vehicle for patronage, the Histoire des animaux displayed the results of a research program at the Paris Academy. Among the most notable aspects of the volumes were LeClerc's illustrations. A full-page illustration accompanied each of the animals discussed, displaying the animal in life as well as some of its dissected parts. In this essay, I will argue that the animals were drawn, in life and in death, following several very specific artistic conventions. I will examine Perrault's claims of empiricism, naïve observation, and absolute verisimilitude in the construction of the Histoire des animaux to contend that in this work, the animals were artifacts: crafted objects rather than natural ones. What, therefore, were the meanings held by the animals in this project?
...MoreDescription Focuses on Claude Perrault and the illustrations of animals in this 17th-century Paris Academy project.
Article Nash, Richard; Broglio, Ron (2006) Introduction. Configurations: A Journal of Literature, Science, and Technology (pp. 1-7).
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