Here are my public Amazon Idea Lists for topics related to animal iconography: [updated 14 May 2024}
Animals in Art and Animal Iconography (General): [under construction]
African Animal Art and African Animals in Art
Ancient Animalia (Europe, Mediterranean, Near East)
Animals in Art of the Islamic World
Animals in the Arts of East and Southeast Asia
Animals in Medieval European Art (bestiaries, illuminated manuscripts, etc.)
Animals in European and American Modernist Art
Animals in South Asian (Indian Subcontinent) Art
Art Nouveau Animals (including general Art Nouveau books that include a good selection of nature motifs)
Australasian Animal Art and Australasian Animals in Art: [under construction]
Books about Tigers in Art for the Year of the Tiger and International Tiger Day
Cartography – Animal Iconography on Maps
Delicate Animals – Animal Jewelry, Glass, Porcelain, Etc.
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]
Indigenous American Animal Iconography: [under construction]
Insects and other Arthropods in Art
Paper Zoos, Natural History Art, and Scientific Illustration
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
more on the way!
