Uniting art and nature
From the series Clara and Crawly creatures
Table ornament Wenzel Jamnitzer (1508–1585), Nuremberg, 1549, parcel-gilt silver, enamel
As the Renaissance progressed, increasing value was placed on depicting insects as realistically and naturally as possible. These creatures were still used as symbols, however. In this work, for example, Joris Hoefnagel combines realism with a symbolic meaning.
