Curated Book Lists

Here are my public Amazon Idea Lists for topics related to animal iconography:

Animals in Art and Animal Iconography (General): [under construction]

African Animal Art and African Animals in Art: https://amzn.to/3dafMYh

Ancient Animalia (Europe, Mediterranean, Near East): https://amzn.to/3bMIkqr

Animals in Art of the Islamic World: https://amzn.to/3YxJxnR

Animals in the Arts of East and Southeast Asia: https://a.co/dis1bsN

Animals in Medieval European Art (bestiaries, illuminated manuscripts, etc.): https://amzn.to/3Qr87Ux

Animals in European and American Modernist Art: https://amzn.to/3A5LZsY

Animals in South Asian (Indian Subcontinent) Art: https://a.co/homyPnq

Art Nouveau Nature (including general Art Nouveau books which include a good selection of nature motifs): https://amzn.to/3cjL5Qt

Australasian Animal Art and Australasian Animals in Art: [under construction]

Birds in Art: https://a.co/isPdusO

Books about Cats in Art for International Cat Day: https://amzn.to/3A6B1mP

Books about Dogs in Art for International Dog Day: https://amzn.to/3dcYaLw

Books about Tigers in Art for the Year of the Tiger and International Tiger Day: https://amzn.to/3QkUZQM

Cartography – Animal Iconography on Maps: https://amzn.to/3p5MNaU

Delicate Animals – Animal Jewelry, Glass, Porcelain, Etc.: https://amzn.to/3bDJ3dy

Early Modern European Animalia (including animals in art as well as general works on the history of zoology, natural history, curiosity cabinets and collecting, etc. which include discussion of animal iconography): [under construction]

European Renaissance Animalia: https://amzn.to/3QfIJRs

Indigenous American Animal Iconography: [under construction]

Insects and other Arthropods in Art: https://amzn.to/3Cvn1Vi

Paper Zoos, Natural History Art, and Scientific Illustration: https://amzn.to/3dUiCkJ

Miscellaneous Animals in Art (animals which have only had 1-2 books written dedicated to their iconography and don’t fit anywhere else!): [under construction]

Women in Natural History Art and Scientific Illustration: https://amzn.to/3JrwaBB

more on the way!

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