Laneyrie-Dagen, Nadeije — Animaux Caches/Animal Secrets

Paris, Citadelles & Mazenod, 2016. Hardcover. Red boards with white lettering. Glossy color-illustrated dust jacket with red and white lettering. 271 pp. Color illustrations. Portraits. Text in French. "The subject of this book is not animal painting. It is an illustrated essay on the place, function and symbolism of the representation of the animal in the pictorial field, from the Renaissance to the nineteenth century. Understand why an animal is present in a work where no habit imposes it a priori. In line with Daniel Arasse, Nadeije Laneyrie-Dagen aims here to deepen the understanding of the works through an observation of the detail, a "microhistory" of the art in which is confronted the seeing and the knowledge (history, aesthetics, technique..). In a language alert and as precise as its approach requires, it offers the reader an awareness of the look and keys of understanding on an important reason of Western painting." -Translation of jacket text. VG/VG .