The Insect And The Image
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The Insect And The Image
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Author : Janice Neri
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
The Insect And The Image written by Janice Neri and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with ART categories.
Once considered marginal members of the animal world (at best) or vile and offensive creatures (at worst), insects saw a remarkable uptick in their status during the early Renaissance. This quickened interest was primarily manifested in visual imagesOCoin illuminated manuscripts, still life paintings, the decorative arts, embroidery, textile design, and cabinets of curiosity. In The Insect and the Image, Janice Neri explores the ways in which such imagery defined the insect as a proper subject of study for Europeans of the early modern period.It was not until the sixteenth century that insects began to appear as the sole focus of paintings and drawingsOCoas isolated objects, or specimens, against a blank background. The artists and other image makers Neri discusses deployed this OC specimen logicOCO and so associated themselves with a mode of picturing in which the ability to create a highly detailed image was a sign of artistic talent and a keenly observant eye. The Insect and the Image shows how specimen logic both reflected and advanced a particular understanding of the natural worldOCoan understanding that, in turn, supported the commodification of nature that was central to global trade and commerce during the early modern era.Revealing how sixteenth- and seventeenth-century artists and image makers shaped ideas of the natural world, NeriOCOs work enhances our knowledge of the convergence of art, science, and commerce today.
The Insect And The Image
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Author : Janice Neri
language : en
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Release Date : 2011
The Insect And The Image written by Janice Neri and has been published by U of Minnesota Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Art categories.
How the picturing of insects inspired new ideas about art, science, nature, and commerce
The Insect World Being A Popular Account Of The Orders Of Insects
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Author : Louis Figuier
language : en
Publisher: Library of Alexandria
Release Date : 2020-09-28
The Insect World Being A Popular Account Of The Orders Of Insects written by Louis Figuier and has been published by Library of Alexandria this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-28 with Insects categories.
"Each facette, with its lens and nervous filament, separated from those surrounding them by the pigment in which they are enclosed, form an isolated apparatus, impenetrable to all rays of light, except those which fall perpendicularly on the centre of the facette, which alone is devoid of pigment. All rays falling obliquely are absorbed by that pigment which surrounds the gelatinous cone. It results partly from this, and partly from the immobility of the eye, that the field of vision of each facette is very limited, and that there are as many objects reflected on the optic filaments as there are corneæ. The extent, then, of the field of vision will be determined, not by the diameter of these last, but by the diameter of the entire eye, and will be in proportion to its size and convexity. But whatever may be the size of the eyes, like their fields of vision, they are independent of each other; there is always a space, greater or less, between them; and the insect cannot see objects in front of this space without turning its head. What a peculiar sensation must result from the multiplicity of images on the optic filaments! This is not more easily explained than that which happens with animals which, having two eyes, see only one image; and probably the same is the case with insects. But these eyes usually look in opposite directions, and should see two images, as in the chameleon, whose eyes move independently of each other. The clearness and length of vision will depend, continues M. Müller, on the diameter of the sphere of which the entire eye forms a segment, on the number and size of the facettes, and the length of the cones or lenses. The larger each facette, taken separately, and the more brilliant the pigment placed between the lenses, the more distinct will be the image of objects at a distance, and the less distinct that of objects near. With the latter the luminous rays diverge considerably; while those from the former are more parallel. In the first case, in traversing the pigment, they impinge obliquely on the crystalline, and consequently confuse the vision; in the second, they fall more perpendicularly on each facette.
Insecta
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Author : Charles Nesbit
language : en
Publisher: TeNeues
Release Date : 2017
Insecta written by Charles Nesbit and has been published by TeNeues this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Nature categories.
"Insecta presents a spectacular array of super high-resolution, 'hyper-real' color photographs of bugs and insects, magnified by 500% or more. As a graphic and educational counterpart, the insect name is translated into five main languages (German, Italian, English, French, and Spanish) and paired with each sculptural, jewel-like close-up image of the bug in this visually-arresting, large-format photography book."--
Microsculpture
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Author : Levon Biss
language : en
Publisher: Abrams
Release Date : 2017-10-10
Microsculpture written by Levon Biss and has been published by Abrams this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-10 with Photography categories.
"You will never look at a beetle or a moth the same way again." --WIRED "Art meets science to dazzling effect." --The Guardian Microsculptureis a unique photographic study of insects in mind-blowing magnification that celebrates the wonders of nature and science. Levon Biss’s photographs capture in breathtaking detail the beauty of the insect world and are printed in large-scale format to provide an unforgettable viewing experience. Each picture in Microsculpture is created from approximately 8,000 individual photographs. Segments of the specimen are lit and photographed separately using microscope lenses, then “stacked” to maintain sharp focus throughout. These images are then combined to create a single high-resolution file. From start to finish, each portrait takes approximately 4 weeks to create. The project has captured the attention of the world with features in WIRED and New Scientist. Microsculpture has been exhibited at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History and the Xposure 2016 International Photography Festival in Sharjah, U.A.E. It has been viewed by over half a million people so far and will be touring museums around the world from 2017 onward. The entomology collection has significant cultural and historical value, containing the world’s oldest pinned insect specimen and many thousands of insects collected by pioneering Victorian explorers and biologists such as Charles Darwin and Alfred Russell Wallace.
Moth
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Author : R.E. Robertson
language : en
Publisher: Carson-Dellosa Publishing
Release Date : 2019-08-11
Moth written by R.E. Robertson and has been published by Carson-Dellosa Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-11 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
A moth is an insect. It’s a flying insect! What does it eat? How does it hide? Let’s find out! Flying Insects: Moth gives young readers in prekindergarten to grade 1 an introduction to these fascinating fliers through simple text, vivid photos, and fun facts. This series introduces early readers to flying insects. Each book includes a list of words to look for in the text, with callouts that match the word to the image on the page where it appears. Questions at the end of the book invite reader to connect further with the text.
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Author : Utamaro Kitagawa
language : en
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Release Date : 1984
written by Utamaro Kitagawa and has been published by Metropolitan Museum of Art this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Animals categories.
The Insect Crisis The Fall Of The Tiny Empires That Run The World
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Author : Oliver Milman
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date : 2022-03-01
The Insect Crisis The Fall Of The Tiny Empires That Run The World written by Oliver Milman and has been published by W. W. Norton & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-03-01 with Science categories.
A devastating examination of how collapsing insect populations worldwide threaten everything from wild birds to the food on our plate. From ants scurrying under leaf litter to bees able to fly higher than Mount Kilimanjaro, insects are everywhere. Three out of every four of our planet’s known animal species are insects. In The Insect Crisis, acclaimed journalist Oliver Milman dives into the torrent of recent evidence that suggests this kaleidoscopic group of creatures is suffering the greatest existential crisis in its remarkable 400-million-year history. What is causing the collapse of the insect world? Why does this alarming decline pose such a threat to us? And what can be done to stem the loss of the miniature empires that hold aloft life as we know it? With urgency and great clarity, Milman explores this hidden emergency, arguing that its consequences could even rival climate change. He joins the scientists tracking the decline of insect populations across the globe, including the soaring mountains of Mexico that host an epic, yet dwindling, migration of monarch butterflies; the verdant countryside of England that has been emptied of insect life; the gargantuan fields of U.S. agriculture that have proved a killing ground for bees; and an offbeat experiment in Denmark that shows there aren’t that many bugs splattering into your car windshield these days. These losses not only further tear at the tapestry of life on our degraded planet; they imperil everything we hold dear, from the food on our supermarket shelves to the medicines in our cabinets to the riot of nature that thrills and enlivens us. Even insects we may dread, including the hated cockroach, or the stinging wasp, play crucial ecological roles, and their decline would profoundly shape our own story. By connecting butterfly and bee, moth and beetle from across the globe, the full scope of loss renders a portrait of a crisis that threatens to upend the workings of our collective history. Part warning, part celebration of the incredible variety of insects, The Insect Crisis is a wake-up call for us all.
What Is An Insect
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Author : Lisa Trumbauer
language : en
Publisher: Capstone Classroom
Release Date : 2000-09
What Is An Insect written by Lisa Trumbauer and has been published by Capstone Classroom this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-09 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Text and photographs introduce insects and some of their common physical characteristics.
A Biologically Inspired Cmos Image Sensor
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Author : Mukul Sarkar
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2012-12-14
A Biologically Inspired Cmos Image Sensor written by Mukul Sarkar and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-14 with Technology & Engineering categories.
Biological systems are a source of inspiration in the development of small autonomous sensor nodes. The two major types of optical vision systems found in nature are the single aperture human eye and the compound eye of insects. The latter are among the most compact and smallest vision sensors. The eye is a compound of individual lenses with their own photoreceptor arrays. The visual system of insects allows them to fly with a limited intelligence and brain processing power. A CMOS image sensor replicating the perception of vision in insects is discussed and designed in this book for industrial (machine vision) and medical applications. The CMOS metal layer is used to create an embedded micro-polarizer able to sense polarization information. This polarization information is shown to be useful in applications like real time material classification and autonomous agent navigation. Further the sensor is equipped with in pixel analog and digital memories which allow variation of the dynamic range and in-pixel binarization in real time. The binary output of the pixel tries to replicate the flickering effect of the insect’s eye to detect smallest possible motion based on the change in state. An inbuilt counter counts the changes in states for each row to estimate the direction of the motion. The chip consists of an array of 128x128 pixels, it occupies an area of 5 x 4 mm2 and it has been designed and fabricated in an 180nm CMOS CIS process from UMC.