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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté. Image fixe : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Voss, Julia (1974-....)
Titre(s) : Darwin's pictures [Texte imprimé] : views of evolutionary theory, 1837-1874 / Julia Voss ; translated by Lori Lantz
Traduction de : Darwins Bilder
Publication : New Haven : Yale university press, cop. 2010
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (VIII-340 p.-16 p. de pl.) : ill. ; 22 cm
Comprend : The Galápagos finches : John Gould, Darwin's invisible craftsman, and the visual
discipline of ornithology ; Darwin's diagrams : images of the discovery of disorder
; The picture series : on the evolution of imperfection ; The laughing monkey :
the human animal.
Note(s) : Traduit de l'allemand : "Darwins Bilder". - Bibliogr. p. 299-330
""This attractive and readable book makes a valuable contribution to Darwin studies---precise,
historically accurate, provided here in an excellent translation, and on a subject
that is bound to fascinate." Janet Browne, author of Charles Darwin: Voyaging and
Charles Darwin: The Power of Place" ""Each chapter richly details not only Darwin's
preoccupation with visual depictions, but also his deep involvement in the collaborators,
draftsmen, production of the visual images he seeks and struggles with. As such, the
work explores the relationship between science, art, and representation; contemporary
British scientific and popular culture; and the varied communities and networks with
which Darwin interacts during various periods of his scientic life." Mark B. Adams,
University of Pennsylvania" "In this first ever examination of Charles Darwin's sketches,
drawings, and illustrations, Julia Voss presents the history of evolutionary theory
told in pictures. Darwin had a lifelong interest in pictorial representations of nature,
sketching out his evolutionary theory and related ideas over a period lasting more
than forty years. Voss details the pictorial history of Darwin's theory of evolution,
starting with his notebook sketches of 1837 and ending with the illustrations in The
Expression of Emotions in Man and Animals (1872). These images were profoundly significant
for Darwin's long-term argument for evolutionary theory; each characterizes a different
aspect of his relationship with the visual information and constitutes what can be
called an "icon" of evolution. Voss shows how Darwin "thought with his eyes" and how
his pictorial representations and the development and popularization of the theory
of evolution were vitally interconnected." ; "Not only does Voss weave about these
images a story on the development and presentation of Darwin's theory, she also addresses
the history of Victorian illustration, the role of images in science, the technologies
of production, and the relationship between specimen, words, and images."--BOOK JACKET
Sujet(s) : Darwin, Charles (1809-1882) -- Collections d'art
Darwinisme -- Illustrations
Illustration zoologique -- 19e siècle
Indice(s) Dewey :
576.8 (23e éd.) = Évolution
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780300141740. - ISBN 0300141742 (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb43599823n
Notice n° :
FRBNF43599823
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