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Book Of Beasts


Book Of Beasts
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Author : Elizabeth Morrison
language : en
Publisher: Getty Publications
Release Date : 2019

Book Of Beasts written by Elizabeth Morrison and has been published by Getty Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with ART categories.


A celebration of the visual contributions of the bestiary--one of the most popular types of illuminated books during the Middle Ages--and an exploration of its lasting legacy. Brimming with lively animals both real and fantastic, the bestiary was one of the great illuminated manuscript traditions of the Middle Ages. Encompassing imaginary creatures such as the unicorn, siren, and griffin; exotic beasts including the tiger, elephant, and ape; as well as animals native to Europe like the beaver, dog, and hedgehog, the bestiary is a vibrant testimony to the medieval understanding of animals and their role in the world. So iconic were the stories and images of the bestiary that its beasts essentially escaped from the pages, appearing in a wide variety of manuscripts and other objects, including tapestries, ivories, metalwork, and sculpture. With over 270 color illustrations and contributions by twenty-five leading scholars, this gorgeous volume explores the bestiary and its widespread influence on medieval art and culture as well as on modern and contemporary artists like Pablo Picasso and Damien Hirst. Published to accompany an exhibition on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center May 14 to August 18, 2019.



Bestiary


Bestiary
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Author : K-Ming Chang
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2020-09-29

Bestiary written by K-Ming Chang and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-29 with Fiction categories.


LONGLISTED FOR THE 2021 PEN/FAULKNER AWARD FOR FICTION FINALIST FOR THE 2021 LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FOR LESBIAN FICTION NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE LONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE Three generations of Taiwanese American women are haunted by the myths of their homeland in this blazing debut of one family's queer desires, violent impulses, and buried secrets. One evening, Mother tells Daughter a story about a tiger spirit who lived in a woman's body. She was called Hu Gu Po, and she hungered to eat children, especially their toes. Soon afterwards, Daughter awakes with a tiger tail. And more mysterious events follow: holes in the backyard spit up letters penned by her grandmother; a visiting aunt arrives with snakes in her belly; a brother tests the possibility of flight. All the while, Daughter is falling for Ben, a neighbourhood girl with strange powers of her own. As the two young lovers translate the grandmother's letters, Daughter begins to understand that each woman in her family embodies a myth--and that she will have to bring her family's secrets to light in order to change their destiny. With a poetic voice of crackling electricity, K-Ming Chang is an explosive young writer who combines the wit and fabulism of Helen Oyeyemi with the subversive storytelling of Maxine Hong Kingston. Tracing one family's history from Taiwan to America, from Arkansas to California, Bestiary is a novel of migration, queer lineages, and girlhood.



A Medieval Book Of Beasts


A Medieval Book Of Beasts
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Author : Willene B. Clark
language : en
Publisher: Boydell Press
Release Date : 2006

A Medieval Book Of Beasts written by Willene B. Clark and has been published by Boydell Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Antiques & Collectibles categories.


'The Bestiary' is a book of animals. The 'Second-family' bestiary is the most important version. This study addresses the work's purpose and audience. It includes a critical edition and new English translation, and a catalogue raisonne of the manuscripts.



The Mark Of The Beast


The Mark Of The Beast
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Author : Debra Hassig
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 1999

The Mark Of The Beast written by Debra Hassig and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Animals in art categories.


First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.



Bestiary


Bestiary
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Author : Gardner Dozois
language : en
Publisher: Baen Publishing Enterprises
Release Date : 2013-06-15

Bestiary written by Gardner Dozois and has been published by Baen Publishing Enterprises this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-15 with Fiction categories.


Stories about legendary creatures of myth and magic! An anthology of extraordinary stories about legendary creatures of myth and magic features works by Tanith Lee, T.H. White, Jane Yolen, and Gene Wolfe _The Man Who Painted the Dragon GriauleÓ by Lucius Shepard _Draco, DracoÓ by Tanith Lee _The Rule of NamesÓ by Ursula K. Le Guin _The Black HornÓ by Jack Dann _Walk Like a mountainÓ by Manly Wade Wellman _Treaty in TartessosÓ by Karen Anderson _The Woman Who Loved the Centaur PholusÓ by Gene Wolfe _The Sleep of TreesÓ by Jane Yolen _The Hardwood PileÓ by L. Sprague de Camp _The Blind MinotaurÓ by Michael Swanwick _Landscape with SphinxesÓ by Karen Anderson _Simpsons Lesser SphynxÓ by Esther M. Friesner _Gods Hooks!Ó by Howard Waldrop _A Leg Full of RubiesÓ by Joan Aiken _The Valor of Cappen VarraÓ by Poul Anderson _The TrollÓ by T. H. White _Return of the GriffinsÓ by A. E. Sandeling _The Last of His BreedÓ by Rob Chilson At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).



The Bestiary


The Bestiary
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Author : Ann VanderMeer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016

The Bestiary written by Ann VanderMeer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Animals, Mythical categories.


A modern bestiary of made-up fantastical creatures organized from A to Z, along with an ampersand and an invisible letter, featuring some of the best and most respected fantasists from around the world, including Karen Lord, Dexter Palmer, Brian Evenson, China Mieville, Felix Gilman, Catherynne M. Valente, Rikki Ducornet, and Karin Lowachee.



The Book Of Beasts


The Book Of Beasts
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Author : Terence Hanbury White
language : en
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Release Date : 1984-01-01

The Book Of Beasts written by Terence Hanbury White and has been published by Courier Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984-01-01 with Literary Collections categories.


A preeminent medievalist presents a wonderful catalog of real and fanciful beasts, including the manticore, griffin, phoenix, amphivius, jaculus, and many other exotic animals. White's witty, erudite commentary on scientific and historical aspects enhances this survey of proto-zoology on which science is based and pre-scientific perceptions of the earth's creatures. 128 black-and-white illustrations.



The Bestiary


The Bestiary
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Author : Nicholas Christopher
language : en
Publisher: Dial Press
Release Date : 2007-06-26

The Bestiary written by Nicholas Christopher and has been published by Dial Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-06-26 with Fiction categories.


From “a writer of remarkable gifts,” “Borges with emotional weight, comes a tale that is at once a fantastical historical mystery, a haunting love story, and a glimpse into the uncanny—the quest for a long-lost book detailing the animals left off Noah’s Ark. Xeno Atlas grows up in the Bronx, his Sicilian grandmother’s strange stories of animal spirits his only escape from the legacy of his mother’s early death and his stern father’s long absences as a common seaman. Shunted off to an isolated boarding school, with his father’s activities abroad and the source of his newfound wealth grown increasingly mysterious, Xeno turns his early fascination with animals into a personal obsession: his search for the Caravan Bestiary. This medieval text, lost for eight hundred years, supposedly details the animals not granted passage on the Ark—griffins, hippogriffs, manticores, and basilisks—the vanished remnants of a lost world sometimes glimpsed in the shadowy recesses of our own. Xeno’s quest takes him from the tenements of New York to the jungles of Vietnam to the ancient libraries of Europe—but it is only by riddling out his own family secrets that he can hope to find what he is looking for. A story of panoramic scope and intellectual suspense, The Bestiary is ultimately a tale of heartbreak and redemption.



Bestiary


Bestiary
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Author : Donika Kelly
language : en
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Release Date : 2016-10-11

Bestiary written by Donika Kelly and has been published by Graywolf Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-11 with Poetry categories.


Donika Kelly's fierce debut collection, longlisted for the 2016 National Book Award and winner of the 2015 Cave Canem Poetry Prize I thought myself lion and serpent. Thought myself body enough for two, for we. Found comfort in never being lonely. What burst from my back, from my bones, what lived along the ridge from crown to crown, from mane to forked tongue beneath the skin. What clamor we made in the birthing. What hiss and rumble at the splitting, at the horns and beard, at the glottal bleat. What bridges our back. What strong neck, what bright eye. What menagerie are we. What we've made of ourselves. --from "Love Poem: Chimera" Across this remarkable first book are encounters with animals, legendary beasts, and mythological monsters--half human and half something else. Donika Kelly's Bestiary is a catalogue of creatures--from the whale and ostrich to the pegasus and chimera to the centaur and griffin. Among them too are poems of love, self-discovery, and travel, from "Out West" to "Back East." Lurking in the middle of this powerful and multifaceted collection is a wrenching sequence that wonders just who or what is the real monster inside this life of survival and reflection. Selected and with an introduction by the National Book Award winner Nikky Finney, Bestiary questions what makes us human, what makes us whole.



Questionable Creatures


Questionable Creatures
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Author : Pauline Baynes
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006

Questionable Creatures written by Pauline Baynes and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Animals, Mythical categories.


"Bestiaries" - small illustrated books on all the creatures thought to exist in the world - are perhaps the most entertaining literature to have come down to us from the Middle Ages. They included detailed descriptions of the characteristics and habits of animals, fish, birds, insects and mythological creatures, many of the 'facts' unproven, inaccurate and bizarre. Now the legendary illustrator, Pauline Baynes, has spun together a gloriously amusing text and delightful illustrations "with some liberty" from various bestiaries in England, adding a fascinating introduction to give the full, fabulous flavour of these mediaeval gems of misbelief.