He Painted Bugs Like Jewels — And Changed Science Forever

Go to https://www.squarespace.com/nerdwriter for 10% off your first purchase. Produced in collaboration with the National Gallery of Art Production Studio. For more National Gallery of Art videos: https://www.youtube.com/@UC416BswuE2ItX23GySxZcRQ SOURCES Brian W. Ogilvie, “Natural History in the European Renaissance” Little Beasts: Art, Wonder, And The Natural World Stacey Sell, “‘Through Such Variety, Nature Is Beautiful’: Joris Hoefnagel, The Four Elements, and Natural History” Little Beasts: Art, Wonder, And The Natural World Brooks Rich, “Survival of the Finest: Animals in Early Modern Intaglio Print Series” Little Beasts: Art, Wonder, And The Natural World Janice L. Neri, “From insect to icon: Joris Hoefnagel and the 'screened Objects' of the natural world” Ways of Knowing: Ten Interdisciplinary Essays NGA.gov, “The Marvelous Details of Joris Hoefnagel’s Animal and Insect Studies” Karel Van Mander, “Joris Hoefnagel” Het Schilder-Boeck Thea Vignau-Wilberg, “Joris Hoefnagel, The Illuminator” Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta Thea Vignau-Wilberg. “Flowers for His Mother: An Unknown Cabinet Miniature by Joris Hoefnagel.” Master Drawings, vol. 45 Marissa Bass, “Patience Grows: The First Roots of Joris Hoefnagel’s Emblematic Art” The Anthropomorphic Lens: Anthropomorphism, Microcosmism and Analogy in Early Modern Thought and Visual Arts Michèle Seehafer, “Shimmering Virtue: Joris Hoefnagel and the Uses of Shell Gold in the Early Modern Period” Materialized Identities in Early Modern Culture, 1450-1750 MUSIC (via Epidemic Sound) David Celeste, “Coco Begins His Journey” David Celeste, "Shrines”