Insectopolis: A Natural History - Hardcover

Marianne Kuper's illustrated natural history of insects. Art and entomology in conversation with each other.

This is not a field guide. Kuper is a visual artist who became obsessed with insect anatomy and behavior. The book is part watercolor, part dissection, part meditation on why insects matter at all. She draws mantises and bees and beetles with the precision of a biologist and the composition of a painter.

Put this on a coffee table in an office and smart people will pick it up. Scientists appreciate the accuracy. Artists appreciate the drawings. The book becomes a real conversation starter about why we ignore what is right in front of us. Also works as a gift to anyone studying ecology or design.

DETAILS
- Hardcover, illustrated
- Entomology, natural history, art, insects