Title:
The insect epiphany : how our six-legged allies shape human culture
Author:
Publication Date:
2024
Publication Information:
Portland, Oregon : Timber Press, [2024]
Physical Description:
367 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781643261362
Abstract:
Insects surround us. They fuel life on Earth through their roles as pollinators, predators, and prey, but rarely do we consider the outsize influence they have had on our culture and civilization. Their anatomy and habits inform how we live, work, create art, and innovate. Featuring nearly 250 color images--from ancient etchings to avant-garde art, from bug-based meals to haute couture--The Insect Epiphany proves that our world would look very different without insects, not just because they are crucial to our ecosystems, but because they have shaped and inspired so many aspects of what makes us human.
Contents:
Section I: Working with them : symbiosis. Products. Silk ; Wax ; Honey ; Lacquer ; Color ; Paper ; Chitin ; Venom and poison -- Using insect bodies. Food ; Medicine ; Light ; Art -- Section II: Making them : genesis. Exoskeleton envy ; Rise of the insect robots ; Art, and fabricating the perfect insect ; Architecture : building what they build -- Section III: Becoming them : metamorphosis. Fight like an insect ; Dance like an insect ; Act like an insect ; Dress like an insect ; Sound like an insect.
Language:
English
