Bernard Durin: Beetles and Other Insects

Scherer, Gerhard

ISBN 10: 382960632X / ISBN 13: 9783829606325

Published by Schirmer Mosel, 2013

About this Item

Clothbound with dust cover. 28,5x33cm. 238pp. Very good copy.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1732996390214

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Bernard Durin: Beetles and Other Insects
• Publisher: Schirmer Mosel
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 382960632X
• ISBN 13: 9783829606325
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 4. Auflage
• Condition: Sehr gut
• Seller catalogs:
  • Photography

About this title

Synopsis

French patinter and illustrator Bernard Durin (1940-1988) discovered the beauty of insects for himself and for his art during a walk in Provence in 1972. During the following decades he made around 60 portraits of insects, using rare and fascinating specimens entrusted to him by the etymologists of the Museum of Natural History in Paris. Superior in detail to photography and highly esteemed by natural scientists and art lovers alike, 48 of these portraits adorn this book. Going far beyond the centuries-old tradition of documentary representations of animals, Durin succeeded in portraying each insect as an "individual personality." Gerhard scherer wrote the introduction and the texts accompanying the plates.

About the Author

MARTHE JOCELYN has written or made pictures for nearly thirty children's books. Her most recent books include the novel Viminy Crowe's Comic Book and the picture book Where Do You Look? She was the 2009 recipient of the prestigious Vicky Metcalf Award for her body of work. Her middle grade novel Mable Riley won the inaugural TD Children's Literature Award, and her picture book Hannah's Collections was nominated for a Governor General's Award for Illustration.