…Born in Zurich, he studied medicine in Bruges, Paris, and Basel, but he also had an interest in botany and zoology, and explored the Adriatic coast and the Alps, collecting specimens. His two-volume Opera botanica (1551-71), which contains 1,500 illustrations drawn by him, explores the affinities of plants based on precise depictions of flowers and fruits, and influenced K. von Linnaeus. His five-volume Historia animalium (1551-87), which marks the transition from the medieval didactic animal records to modern zoological texts, attempts to provide a comprehensive description of all the information known at the time, while also placing emphasis on actual observational facts, and includes descriptions of the external structure, location, habits, and anatomical characteristics of animals, accompanied by realistic illustrations drawn by the leading artists of the time. … *Some of the terminology used in reference to "Opera Botanica" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…チューリヒに生まれ,ブリュージュ,パリ,バーゼルで医学を修めたが,植物学,動物学にも興味を持ち,アドリア海沿岸,アルプスなどを探検,標本収集につとめた。みずから描いた1500もの図を載せた《植物学大全Opera botanica》全2巻(1551‐71)では植物の類縁関係が花と果実の精確な描写をもとに探られており,K.vonリンネに影響を与えた。また,大著《動物誌Historia animalium》全5巻(1551‐87)は中世の教訓的動物記から近代の動物学書への過渡期を飾るもので,当時知られていたすべての事項を網羅的に叙述しようとする一方,実際の観察事実を重視する立場で記述された動物の外部体制,所在,習性,解剖学的特徴が当代一流の画家の手になる写実的な図とともにまとめられている。… ※「《Opera botanica》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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