Abstract
Tribot, A.-S., D. Faget, H. Villesseche, T. Richard, and T. Changeux. 2021. Multi-secular and regional trends of aquatic biodiversity in European Early Modern paintings: toward an ecological and historical significance. Ecology and Society 26(4):26. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-12740-260426
Highlights
Biodiversity has been depicted in art by humans for the past 35,000 years, constituting a major source of inspiration for mankind
We propose in this article to investigate artistic representations of aquatic biodiversity using a transdisciplinary approach corresponding to the main author’s specialties: ecology and history
The most obvious is that the fish represented in European paintings from the 16th to 18th centuries belong to two regions and three periods, which can be statistically discriminated
Summary
Biodiversity has been depicted in art by humans for the past 35,000 years, constituting a major source of inspiration for mankind. The implementation of such programs requires sufficient knowledge of the reference state, or baseline, of an ecosystem When this baseline needs to be more accurately informed, art works from the past, reviewed from a historical point of view, can provide valuable clues (Guidetti and Micheli 2011). This is especially true for aquatic socio-ecosystems that are affected by the biodiversity crisis (Worm et al 2006), and in which the preservation of resources represents a major human and societal issue (Liquete et al 2013, Schwerdtner Máñez et al 2014). The present article clearly belongs to these last categories because it treats a typical human production: art
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