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Butterfly

Editors Phaidon

9781838669379

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Price: $79.95
Format: Hardback
ISBN13: 9781838669379
Published: October 2025

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Butterflies have enchanted people for thousands of years, capturing human imagination for so long that they are deeply entwined in our culture and history. Butterfly: Exploring the World of Lepidoptera delves into this enduring love for butterflies, moths, and caterpillars, taking readers on a journey across continents and cultures to discover the endless ways artists and image-makers throughout history, from ancient Egypt over 4,000 years ago to the present day, have been inspired by these ethereal insects.

Featuring more than 250 entries, each represented with a gorgeous large-scale image, this expansive visual survey spans a wide range of styles and media, including paintings, botanical illustrations, sculptures, nature photography, children' books, textiles, and jewelry.

Cleverly paired to highlight thought-provoking contrasts and similarities between them, regardless of the time period, the images showcase butterflies and moths - from the blue morpho and monarch to the death'-head hawkmoth - in all stages of their life cycles.

The vibrant colors in Eric Carle' childhood classic The Very Hungry Caterpillar complement the playfulness of a butterfly-filled collage by British Pop Artist Peter Blake, while the shape of the goddess Obsidian Butterfly, carved into stone in fourteenth-century Mexico, matches perfectly that of a falling moth, captured in a beautiful black and white photograph by Japanese artist Chuji Yasui.

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Hardback
ISBN13: 9781838669379
Published: October 2025

Number of pages: 312
Width: 250 mm
Height: 290 mm
Depth: 35 mm

Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd

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