Author : Stephen Hardwick Blackwell,Kurt Johnson
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016-01-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780300194555
Fine Lines by Stephen Hardwick Blackwell,Kurt Johnson Pdf
This volume reproduces 154 of Russian-American novelist and entomologist Vladimir Nabokov's drawings, few of which have ever been seen in public, and presents essays by ten leading scientists and Nabokov scholars. The contributors underscore the significance of Nabokov's drawings as scientific documents, evaluate his visionary contributions to evolutionary biology and systematics, and offer insights into his unique artistic perception and creativity. Showcasing color drawings of butterflies' distinctive markings and anatomy as well, all as part of his work at the American Museum of Natural History and Harvard's Museum of Comparative Zoology.