Ichthyology in Context (1500–1880)

• Main Authors: Smith, Paul J, Egmond, Florike
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston Brill 2023; BRILL
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599; 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699; 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799; aquatic animals; Aquatic animals in art; Aquatic animals-Social aspects-Europe-History; aquatilia; Aristotle; Biography, Literature and Literary studies; Biology, life sciences; c 1500 onwards to present day; c 1500 to c 1599; c 1600 to c 1699; c 1700 to c 1799; Conrad Gessner; fish; Fishes in art; Fishes-Social aspects-Europe-History; Guillaume Rondelet; History of art; Ichthyology-Early works to 1800; Ichthyology-History-19th century; Ippolyto Salviani; life sciences::PSV Zoology and animal sciences::PSVC Zoology: fishes (ichthyology); Literature and Literary studies::D Biography; Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism; Literature: history and criticism; Marcus Elieser Bloch; Mathematics and Science; Paolo Giovio; Pierre Belon; Pliny the Elder; The Arts; The Arts: treatments and subjects; thema EDItEUR; thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day::3MD 16th century; thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day::3MG 17th century; thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day::3ML 18th century; thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AG The Arts: treatments and subjects::AGA History of art; thema EDItEUR::D Biography; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PS Biology; Time period qualifiers; Ulisse Aldrovandi; Zoology and animal sciences; Zoology: fishes (ichthyology)
• ISBN: 9789004681170; 9004681183; 9789004681187; 9004681175
• DOI: 10.1163/9789004681187

Ichthyology in Context (1500–1880) provides a broad spectre of early modern manifestations of human fascination with fish – “fish” understood in the early modern sense of the term, as aquatilia: all aquatic animals, including sea mammals and crustaceans. It addresses the period’s quickly growing knowledge about fish in its multiple, varied and rapidly changing interaction with culture. This topic is approached from various disciplines: history of science, cultural history, history of collections, historical ecology, art history, literary studies, and lexicology. Attention is given to the problematic questions of visual and textual representation of fish, and pre- and post-Linnean classification and taxonomy. This book also explores the transnational exchange of ichthyological knowledge and items in and outside Europe. Contributors: Cristina Brito, Tobias Bulang, João Paulo S. Cabral, Florike Egmond, Dorothee Fischer, Holger Funk, Dirk Geirnaert, Philippe Glardon, Justin R. Hanisch, Bernardo Jerosch Herold, Rob Lenders, Alan Moss, Doreen Mueller, Johannes Müller, Martien J.P. van Oijen, Pietro Daniel Omodeo, Anne M. Overduin-de Vries, Theodore W. Pietsch, Cynthia Pyle, Marlise Rijks, Paul J. Smith, Ronny Spaans, Robbert Striekwold, Melinda Susanto, Didi van Trijp, Sabina Tsapaeva, and Ching-Ling Wang.