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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456113903321

Autore

Prodger Phillip

Titolo

Darwin's camera [[electronic resource] ] : art and photography in the theory of evolution / / Phillip Prodger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009

ISBN

1-282-38054-0

9786612380549

0-19-972230-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (511 p.)

Disciplina

704.9/495

778.93

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Timeline; Contents; Preface; Photographic plates from Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1872); Introduction; 1. Darwin's Art Collection; 2. Illustration and Illusion; 3. Art, Experience, and Observation; 4. Darwin and the Passions; 5. Photography and Evolution Meet; 6. Method to Their Madness; 7. Laughing and Crying; 8. Darwin's Eyes and Ears; 9. Darwin's Art Photographer; 10. Rejlander's Performances; 11. Alice, Eugenics, and the Spirit World; Appendix: "Odd Odds and Ends" by Oscar Rejlander; Notes; Selected Bibliography

AcknowledgmentsIndex; Picture Credits

Sommario/riassunto

Darwin's Camera tells the extraordinary story of how Charles Darwin changed the way pictures are seen and made. In his illustrated masterpiece, Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1871), Darwin introduced the idea of using photographs to illustrate a scientific theory--his was the first photographically illustrated science book ever published. Using photographs to depict fleeting expressions of emotion--laughter, crying, anger, and so on--as they flit across a person's face, he managed to produce dramatic images at a time when photography was famously slow and awkward. The book desc



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Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991000936879707536

Autore

Rickard, John

Titolo

Australia a cultural history / John Rickard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; New York : Longman, c1996

ISBN

0582276055

Edizione

[2. ed.]

Descrizione fisica

XIV, 317 p. ; 23 cm.

Collana

The present and the past

Soggetti

Australia Storia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia