The human animal in Western art and science / Martin Kemp.
The human animal in Western art and science / Martin Kemp.
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Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
Date
2007.
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NQ704.9432/18
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English
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xix, 307 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
Contents
Introduction: facing up to ourselves -- Humors, temperaments, and signs -- Fixing the signs -- Feelings and faces -- Souls and machines -- From meaning to mechanism -- Fable and fact: La Fontaine and Buffon -- Going ape -- Beastly boys and admirable animals -- Our animal cousins -- Art and atavism -...
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Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2007.
Place of Publication
Illinois
Date Published
2007.
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"Here Martin Kemp explores a stunning range of images and ideas to demonstrate just how deeply these underappreciated links between humans and other fauna are embedded in our culture. Tracing those interconnections among art, science, and literature, Kemp leads us on a dazzling tour of Western thought, from Aristotelian physiognomy and its influenc...
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The human animal in Western art and science / Martin Kemp.
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The Louise Smith Bross lecture series.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-297) and index.
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NQ704.9432/18
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74VK3m582XrO
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0226430332 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780226430331 (cloth : alk. paper)
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704.9432
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991023699679702626
