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A visual history of the 18th-century rhinoceros and her unusual life as cultural icon and captive creature
In 1741 a ship arrived in the Netherlands carrying a miraculous animal that few people in Europe had seen before: a young female rhinoceros from India named Clara. For 17 years, Clara traveled with her owner Douwe Mout through almost every country in Europe. Wherever she appeared, she made a sensation, becoming the most famous rhino in European history. Artists such as Jan Wandelaar, Johann Elias Ridinger, Petrus Camper, Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon and Pietro Longhi immortalized her in paintings, drawings, sculptures and medals; she even influenced fashion; and she permanently corrected the false image of a rhinoceros perpetuated by Dürer in his famous 1515 engraving.
Based on new research, Gijs van der Ham, a former senior curator at the Rijksmuseum, reconstructs her life, travels and captivity, and unravels her influence on the iconography and knowledge of rhinoceroses.
A visual history of the 18th-century rhinoceros and her unusual life as cultural icon and captive creature
In 1741 a ship arrived in the Netherlands carrying a miraculous animal that few people in Europe had seen before: a young female rhinoceros from India named Clara. For 17 years, Clara traveled with her owner Douwe Mout through almost every country in Europe. Wherever she appeared, she made a sensation, becoming the most famous rhino in European history. Artists such as Jan Wandelaar, Johann Elias Ridinger, Petrus Camper, Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon and Pietro Longhi immortalized her in paintings, drawings, sculptures and medals; she even influenced fashion; and she permanently corrected the false image of a rhinoceros perpetuated by Dürer in his famous 1515 engraving.
Based on new research, Gijs van der Ham, a former senior curator at the Rijksmuseum, reconstructs her life, travels and captivity, and unravels her influence on the iconography and knowledge of rhinoceroses.
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2023 |
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Genre: | Kunst |
Rubrik: | Kunst & Musik |
Thema: | Kunstgeschichte |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
ISBN-13: | 9789462087477 |
ISBN-10: | 9462087474 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Ham, Gijs van der |
Hersteller: | Nai010 Publishers |
Maße: | 211 x 149 x 20 mm |
Von/Mit: | Gijs van der Ham |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 17.01.2023 |
Gewicht: | 0,412 kg |
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2023 |
---|---|
Genre: | Kunst |
Rubrik: | Kunst & Musik |
Thema: | Kunstgeschichte |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
ISBN-13: | 9789462087477 |
ISBN-10: | 9462087474 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Ham, Gijs van der |
Hersteller: | Nai010 Publishers |
Maße: | 211 x 149 x 20 mm |
Von/Mit: | Gijs van der Ham |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 17.01.2023 |
Gewicht: | 0,412 kg |