{"id":135707,"date":"2019-04-22T13:08:30","date_gmt":"2019-04-22T17:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=135707"},"modified":"2019-04-22T13:53:46","modified_gmt":"2019-04-22T17:53:46","slug":"look-its-earth-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2019\/04\/22\/look-its-earth-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Look, It\u2019s Earth Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Happy Earth Day! When the oceans have boiled over and the birds have died out, when the coasts have receded and the scorched vegetation ceased smoking, at least we\u2019ll still have the work of the sixteenth-century miniaturist Joris Hoefnagel by which to remember the natural world. A new book, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/press.princeton.edu\/titles\/13413.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Insect Artifice: Nature and Art in the Dutch Revolt<\/a><em>, examines how Hoefnagel became infatuated with nature. It contains eighty color facsimiles of his masterwork,<\/em> Four Elements<em>, in which he depicts all manner of flora and fauna in stunningly detailed watercolors<\/em><em>. A selection of these pages appears below.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_135718\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/d-20160608-0124.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-135718\" class=\"wp-image-135718 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/d-20160608-0124.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"957\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/d-20160608-0124.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/d-20160608-0124-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/d-20160608-0124-768x612.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/d-20160608-0124-1024x817.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-135718\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joris Hoefnagel, <em>Animalia Qvadrvpedia et Reptilia (Terra): Plate LXI<\/em>, ca. 1575\/1580, watercolor and gouache, with oval border in gold, on vellum. Gift of Mrs. Lessing J. Rosenwald. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_135721\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/d-20160607-0098.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-135721\" class=\"wp-image-135721 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/d-20160607-0098.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"957\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/d-20160607-0098.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/d-20160607-0098-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/d-20160607-0098-768x612.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/d-20160607-0098-1024x817.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-135721\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joris Hoefnagel, <em>Animalia Qvadrvpedia et Reptilia (Terra): Plate XLVIII<\/em>, ca. 1575\/1580, watercolor and gouache, with oval border in gold, on vellum. Gift of Mrs. Lessing J. Rosenwald. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_135713\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/d-20160201-0017-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-135713\" class=\"wp-image-135713 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/d-20160201-0017-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/d-20160201-0017-2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/d-20160201-0017-2-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/d-20160201-0017-2-768x605.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/d-20160201-0017-2-1024x806.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-135713\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joris Hoefnagel, <em>Animalia Rationalia et Insecta (Ignis): Plate V<\/em>, ca. 1575\/1580, watercolor and gouache, with oval border in gold, on vellum. Gift of Mrs. Lessing J. Rosenwald. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_135715\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/d-20160810-0117.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-135715\" class=\"wp-image-135715 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/d-20160810-0117.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/d-20160810-0117.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/d-20160810-0117-300x282.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/d-20160810-0117-768x723.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/d-20160810-0117-1024x963.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-135715\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joris Hoefnagel, <em>Animalia Aqvatilia et Cochiliata (Aqva): Plate LIII<\/em>, ca. 1575\/1580, watercolor and gouache, with oval border in gold, on vellum. Gift of Mrs. Lessing J. Rosenwald. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_135739\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/d-20160531-0006.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-135739\" class=\"wp-image-135739 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/d-20160531-0006.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"934\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/d-20160531-0006.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/d-20160531-0006-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/d-20160531-0006-768x598.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/d-20160531-0006-1024x797.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-135739\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joris Hoefnagel, <em>Animalia Qvadrvpedia et Reptilia (Terra): Plate I<\/em>, ca. 1575\/1580, watercolor and gouache, with oval border in gold, on vellum. Gift of Mrs. Lessing J. Rosenwald. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_135719\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/d-20160701-0115.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-135719\" class=\"wp-image-135719 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/d-20160701-0115.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"974\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/d-20160701-0115.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/d-20160701-0115-300x244.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/d-20160701-0115-768x623.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/d-20160701-0115-1024x831.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-135719\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joris Hoefnagel, <em>Animalia Volatilia et Amphibia (Aier): Plate LV<\/em>, ca. 1575\/1580, watercolor and gouache, with oval border in gold, on vellum. Gift of Mrs. Lessing J. Rosenwald. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_135738\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/d-20160204-0014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-135738\" class=\"wp-image-135738 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/d-20160204-0014.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"921\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/d-20160204-0014.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/d-20160204-0014-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/d-20160204-0014-768x589.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/d-20160204-0014-1024x786.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-135738\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joris Hoefnagel, <em>Animalia Rationalia et Insecta (Ignis): Plate LX<\/em>, ca. 1575\/1580, watercolor and gouache, with oval border in gold, on vellum. Gift of Mrs. Lessing J. Rosenwald. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_135717\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/d-20160608-0110.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-135717\" class=\"wp-image-135717 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/d-20160608-0110.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"957\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/d-20160608-0110.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/d-20160608-0110-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/d-20160608-0110-768x612.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/d-20160608-0110-1024x817.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-135717\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joris Hoefnagel, <em>Animalia Qvadrvpedia et Reptilia (Terra): Plate LIV<\/em>, ca. 1575\/1580, watercolor and gouache, with oval border in gold, on vellum. Gift of Mrs. Lessing J. Rosenwald. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_135716\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/d-20160203-0006.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-135716\" class=\"wp-image-135716 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/d-20160203-0006.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"983\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/d-20160203-0006.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/d-20160203-0006-300x246.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/d-20160203-0006-768x629.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/d-20160203-0006-1024x839.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-135716\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joris Hoefnagel, <em>Animalia Rationalia et Insecta (Ignis): Plate XXXV<\/em>, ca. 1575\/1580, watercolor and gouache, with oval border in gold, on vellum. Gift of Mrs. Lessing J. Rosenwald. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_135741\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/d-20160629-0061.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-135741\" class=\"wp-image-135741 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/d-20160629-0061.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"949\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/d-20160629-0061.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/d-20160629-0061-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/d-20160629-0061-768x607.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/d-20160629-0061-1024x810.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-135741\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joris Hoefnagel, <em>Animalia Volatilia et Amphibia (Aier): Plate XXVIII<\/em>, ca. 1575\/1580, watercolor and gouache, with oval border in gold, on vellum. Gift of Mrs. Lessing J. Rosenwald. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_135740\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/d-20160202-0055.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-135740\" class=\"wp-image-135740 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/d-20160202-0055.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"954\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/d-20160202-0055.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/d-20160202-0055-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/d-20160202-0055-768x611.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/d-20160202-0055-1024x814.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-135740\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joris Hoefnagel, <em>Animalia Rationalia et Insecta (Ignis): Plate XXIV<\/em>, ca. 1575\/1580, watercolor and gouache, with oval border in gold, on vellum. Gift of Mrs. Lessing J. Rosenwald. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpted from <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/press.princeton.edu\/titles\/13413.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Insect Artifice: Nature and Art in the Dutch Revolt<\/a><em>,<\/em><em> by Marisa Anne Bass. Published by Princeton University Press. Copyright \u00a9 2019 by Marisa Anne Bass.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even if this is one of our last chances to celebrate the dying planet, at least we\u2019ll always have Joris Hoefnagel\u2019s stunning watercolors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2384],"tags":[17875,52850,1022],"class_list":["post-135707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-look","tag-earth-day","tag-joris-hoefnagel","tag-nature"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.4 (Yoast SEO v25.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Look, It\u2019s Earth Day by The Paris Review<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Even if this is one of our last chances to celebrate the dying planet, at least 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