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From: Vitaly Kupisk <kupisk@compuserve.com>
A photo of the world's most famous lepidopterist on an Alpine peak, gazing
into distance, butterfly net under arm, is reproduced on page 80 of the
"Economist" magazine, April 5-11 issue. The photo illustrates an article
on butterfly watching/collecting. The caption is "Nabokov, small-game
hunter". In the typical "Economist"'s style, page 79 features an article
on blue-marlin fishing, with a photograph of another American writer who is
holding up a large dead fish and a swimsuit-clad laughing young female,
with a caption "Hemingway with catch of the day". Oh, a big-game hunter, I
get it.
To follow up on the "Economist" butterfly article (which is really about
the new Niagara Parks Butterfly Conservatory): it says "A scholarly study
has shown that butterflies and moths have had over 70 different meanings
in the new Niagara Parks Butterfly Conservatory): it says "A scholarly study
has shown that butterflies and moths have had over 70 different meanings
in western art".
Before I write to the magazine, can anyone here point me to this study?
Thanks!
Vitaly Kupisk
Berkely, California
kupisk@compuserve.com
A photo of the world's most famous lepidopterist on an Alpine peak, gazing
into distance, butterfly net under arm, is reproduced on page 80 of the
"Economist" magazine, April 5-11 issue. The photo illustrates an article
on butterfly watching/collecting. The caption is "Nabokov, small-game
hunter". In the typical "Economist"'s style, page 79 features an article
on blue-marlin fishing, with a photograph of another American writer who is
holding up a large dead fish and a swimsuit-clad laughing young female,
with a caption "Hemingway with catch of the day". Oh, a big-game hunter, I
get it.
To follow up on the "Economist" butterfly article (which is really about
the new Niagara Parks Butterfly Conservatory): it says "A scholarly study
has shown that butterflies and moths have had over 70 different meanings
in the new Niagara Parks Butterfly Conservatory): it says "A scholarly study
has shown that butterflies and moths have had over 70 different meanings
in western art".
Before I write to the magazine, can anyone here point me to this study?
Thanks!
Vitaly Kupisk
Berkely, California
kupisk@compuserve.com