Wonders Are Collectible: Taxidermy: The Beauty of Beetles, Bugs and Butterflies - Hardcover

Lemaitre, Jeroen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9401434654 ISBN 13: 9789401434652

Publisher: Lannoo Publishers (Acc), 2016

Synopsis

• Weird and wonderful overview of the fine art of taxidermy
• From Animaux Speciaux Belgian artist, Jeroen Lemaitre

Aren't we all rendered speechless by the ultimate beauty that nature has to offer? Don't we all want to capture it and indulge in these images forever? To capture animals in all their glory in such a way that it shows every flamboyant, scintillating detail is a delicate art.

This book gives an overview of the history, the myths and the symbolism, the process, the most wonderful collections and interiors, decorated as true Wunderkammers, and the craftsmen and artists from past and present who elevated taxidermy to fine art.

About this title

About the Author

Jeroen Lemaitre (1987) is a young man from Leuven whose talent was discerned in 2014 by the Musee des Arts Decoratifs, a museum of the decorative arts and design in Paris. Since then, he has worked under the label of Animaux Speciaux progressing further with his creations using animals, insects and butterflies from the tropics.

Edition details

• Publisher: Lannoo Publishers (Acc)
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9401434654
• ISBN 13: 9789401434652
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 160