Taxidermy
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Thames & Hudson Ltd
Published:31st Jan '19
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The definitive volume on an art form with a rich history and cult popularity
The most comprehensive and beautiful survey of taxidermy ever published.Taxidermy has come in from the cold. Stuffed animals are appearing everywhere from chic apartments to luxury boutiques. Museums have been dusting down their collections to put them back on display, while contemporary artists have rejuvenated the practice.
This book reveals the art of taxidermy in all its weird and wonderful glory, from its beginnings as a tool of natural history research, through crazes for anthropomorphic, zoomorphic and fake taxidermy, to its rediscovery by the art, fashion and design worlds of the 21st century.
'A cacophony of the covetable, weird and wonderful … decidedly hard to put down' - The Field
'The founder of London Taxidermy lends his twenty years of experience to the creation of this beautiful book that catalogues and illustrates every aspect of this resurgent art form' - Tatler
'A cabinet-of-curiosities of a book. It’s beautiful, odd, intriguing, strange and sometimes repellent, just like the history of taxidermy itself' - The Irish Times
'Richly illustrated' - Fortean Times
ISBN: 9780500295045
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 880g
256 pages