Science and Visual Culture in Great Britain in the Long Nineteenth Century

Zoology
Herausgeber: Donald, Diana

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Produktbeschreibung

This volume consists of a collection of primary sources throwing light on the various aspects of interplay between zoology and visual culture in nineteenth-century Britain. This title will be of great interest to students of the History of Science and Art History.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 690
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 40mm
• Gewicht: 1202g
• ISBN-13: 9780367620776
• ISBN-10: 0367620774
• Artikelnr.: 71685839

Autorenporträt

Professor Diana Donald, previously Head of the Department of History of Art and Design at Manchester Metropolitan University; now retired and an independent scholar.

Inhaltsangabe

VOLUME I ZOOLOGY Introduction PART I Visualisation and Image-Making in the
Service of Science 1 A Short Account of a Private Establishment, Instituted
for the Purpose of Instructing Youth in the Art of illustrating, and
painting, Subjects in Natural History 2 The English Entomologist,
Exhibiting all the Coleopterous Insects found in England 3 A New
Elucidation of Colours, Original Prismatic, and Material 4 The Mineral
Conchology of Great Britain 5 'The History of British Birds . . . by T.
Bewick', review 6 Letter to Thomas Bewick, 13 September 1828 7 'Wilson's
Illustrations of Zoology', review 8 'Introduction', The Taxidermist's
Manual 9 A Preliminary Discourse on the Study of Natural History 10
Microscopic Illustrations of Living Objects 11 On Microscopical Drawing and
Painting 12 The Haythorne Papers No. VI: The Value of Evidence 13 Birds
Drawn from Nature 14 Colour: An Elementary Manual for Students 15 Colour in
Nature: A Study in Biology 16 Letters to John Hancock 17 Reports of
Societies: Leicester Literary and Philosophical Society - Section D,
Zoology and Botany 18 British Birds' Eggs and Nests, Popularly Described 19
The Life of Joseph Wolf, Animal Painter 20 Mr. Muybridge at the Royal
Institution 21 Muybridge at the London Institution 22 Muybridge's
Photographs of Animal Motion 23 Attitudes of Animals in Motion 23.1 The
Paces of the Horse in Art 24 British Birds' Nests . . . illustrated from
Photographs 25 With Nature and a Camera: Being the Adventures and
Observations of a Field Naturalist and an Animal Photographer 26 In
Bird-Land with Field-Glass and Camera 27 Antarctic Penguins: A Study of
their Social Habits PART II The Hunters and the Hunted: Images of Conquest
and Suffering in the Wild 28 Portraits of the Game and Wild Animals of
Southern Africa, from Drawings by the Author 29 Article IX - Portraits of
the Game and Wild Animals 30 A Descriptive Catalogue of Hunting Trophies,
Native Arms, and Costume, from the Far Interior of South Africa 31 African
Trophies 32 The Natural History of the Exhibition 33 Stuffed Animals in the
Palace of Glass 33.1 Manuscript letter to John Hancock 34 A Fasciculus of
Eight Drawings on Stone, of Groups of Birds 35 A Naturalist's Life Study in
the Art of Taxidermy 36 Manuscript letters to Edwin Landseer 36.1 Fine
arts, Royal Academy 36.2 The Royal Academy 37 Engravings of Lions, Tigers,
Panthers . . . chiefly after the Designs of Sir Edwin Landseer 37.1 The
British Institution 38 Animal-design and landscape: aspects of their
contemporary treatment 39 Landseer's Lions 40 Article VIII - Landseer. -
Works of the Late Sir Edwin Landseer, R.A. 41 Landseer 42 Landseer's
conversations with Friedrich Keyl in 1866-70 43 The Life and Habits of Wild
Animals 44 The Extra Supplement. "Lions Fighting" 45 A new animal painter:
Richard Friese 46 Testimonials, Landseer's Monkey-ana 47 Monkeyana 48 The
Royal Academy Exhibition (First Article) 48.1 An Inhuman Doctor 48.2 My
Monkeys - "The Hag" and "Tiny" 48.3 Minor Topics 48.4 Manuscript notes in a
copy of The Works of the late Sir Edwin Landseer 49 Exhibition of the Royal
Academy 49.1 Fine Arts, Royal Academy 49.2 The Royal Academy 50 Animal
Intelligence 51 Animal Life and Intelligence 51.1 "The Critics" - Painted
by T. Earl 52 Letter to Elinor Mary Bonham-Carter, 26 June 1871 53 How I
Paint My Animals: An Hour with Mr. Briton Rivière, RA 54 Briton Riviere
(Royal Academician). His Life and Work, The Art Annual PART III The
Aestheticisation of Nature 55 An Introduction to Entomology 56 'Gosse's
Sea-side Holiday', review 57 The Life of Philip Henry Gosse 58 Feeling of
Beauty among Animals 59 The Appreciation of Beauty by Animals 60 'The
Descent of Man', review 61 The Colours of Animals: Their Meaning and Use 62
The Beautiful in Nature and Art 63 Song Birds and How to Keep Them 63.1
Pets, a Paper 64 A glance at the Zoological Gardens in 1852 65 Catalogue of
the Cases of Birds in the Dyke Road Museum, Brighton 65.1 'Introduction',
Rough Notes on the Birds Observed during Twenty-five Years' Shooting and
Collecting in the British Islands 65.2 Ornithology at South Kensington 66
Birds at their Best 67 A Plumage League 68 Beautiful Birds 69 Birds and
Their Protection. A Lecture 70 Pen and Pencil Sketches 70.1 Decorative Art:
Makart and Marks 71 Correspondence with John Hancock 72 Art and Art
Industries in Japan 73 Japanese woodcuts 74 The Ornamental Arts of Japan 75
Animals in pattern design: a friendly dispute between Walter Crane and
Lewis F. Day 76 The Aims and Conditions of the Modern Decorator 76.1 Ideas
in things PART IV Natural Science and the Lay Public: Education, Museology,
Spectacle, Entertainment 77 Practical education 77.1 The Mothers of
England: Their Influence and Responsibility 78 the study of Beauty, and Art
in Large towns 79 science teaching in London Board schools 80 the st.
George-in-the-east nature study Museum 80.1 the smallest Museum 81 the
application of photography to the magic lantern, educationally considered
82 A Companion to Mr. Bullock's London Museum and Pantherion 83 A Memorial
tribute to William McGillivray 84 Museums 85 the oxford Museum. 1859, 'on
the Irish Workmen' 85.1 History of the Modern styles of Architecture 86 The
new Natural History Museum - 1 87 Report of the Fifty-ninth Meeting of the
British Association for the Advancement of Science September 1889 88 The
new Crystal Palace at Sydenham 88.1 The Crystal Palace 89 The Zoological
Gardens - Regent's Park 90 The Brighton Aquarium 91 The Brighton Aquarium
92 Jamrach's 93 The Brothers Dalziel: A Record of Fifty Years' Work in
Conjunction with Many of the Most Distinguished Artists of the Period
1840-1890 93.1 The Illustrated Natural History, Mammalia (preface) 93.2
'Homes without Hands' review 94 The Dullness of Museums 95 The Rev. J.G.
Wood: His Life and Work 96 Microphotography and the bioscope 97 Jottings