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Featuring many striking colour illustrations thathave never been published before, Eye for Detailtraces the early history of image manipulationtechniques. This beautiful volume shows how theroles and formats of images in nature study changeddramatically throughout Europe during thesixteenth century. Discussing some of the mostremarkable natural history images from this period,it is an arresting guide to the large Continentalcollections of naturalia drawings and an absorbingstudy of natural history art of the sixteenth century.

about the author

florike egmond is a cultural historian working on the history of natual history. She livesin Rome and is affiliated to the University of Leiden. Her recent books include The Worldof Carolus Clusius: Natural History in the Making, 1550-1610 (2010) and The Whale Book:

Whales and other Marine Animals as Described by Adriaen Coenen in 1585 (2003).

EYE FOR DETAILImages of Plants and Animals in Art and Science, 1500–1630

FLORIKE EGMOND

praise for eye for detail

‘In this important, scholarly, and visually delightful volume, Florike Egmond presents a strikingly original overview of the burgeoning years of natural history depiction . . . her lucidtext allows all of us to appreciate the quietly revolutionary advances in understanding broughtabout by these innovatory observers of nature . . . In compiling these graphic representations

of natural specimens their authors displayed much more than their individual merits in art-historical terms: they also reveal the genesis of a visual vocabulary for representation

that would remain influential for centuries to come.’

– Arthur MacGregor, author of Curiosity and Enlightenment