Picturing nature : American nineteenth-century zoological illustration / Ann Shelby Blum.
Picturing nature : American nineteenth-century zoological illustration / Ann Shelby Blum.
Picturing nature : American nineteenth-century zoological illustration / Ann Shelby Blum.
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Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1993.
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TQ070929
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English
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xxxiv, 403 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Contents
Introduction: Animal Pictures and Natural History -- Ch. 1. The Naturalist-Illustrator -- Ch. 2. Divergence -- Ch. 3. From Naturalist-Illustrator to Artist-Naturalist -- Ch. 4. Scientific Prestige, National Honor: Pictures for Federal Science -- Ch. 5. "A Better Style of Art": The Consolidation of C...
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Publisher
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1993.
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New Jersey
Date Published
c1993.
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Summary
Systematic zoology and its illustration developed within the social context of divergent definitions of science and art, maintains Blum, and the production of zoological illustration reflected the division of labor and demotion of technique at work in society at large. She examines how zoology, in consolidating its self-definition as a profession,...
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Picturing nature : American nineteenth-century zoological illustration / Ann Shelby Blum.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-392) and index.
Transferred from NQ591.0222/5.
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TQ070929
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74VK6a2OxMLy
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0691085781 (alk. paper) :
9780691085784 (alk. paper) :
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591.0222
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991020906099702626
