Darwin's camera : art and photography in the theory of evolution / Phillip Prodger.

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Main Author: Prodger, Phillip
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Darwin, Charles, > 1809-1882 > Illustrations.
Darwin, Charles, > 1809-1882 > Art collections.
Genre:
Illustrations.
Physical Description:xxv, 283 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Darwin's art collection : the prints, drawings, and photographs Darwin collected in the 1860s and 70s
  • Illustrations and illusion : strategies Darwin used in illustrating his books
  • Art, experience, and observation : Darwin's knowledge of art history and use of illustration in his books
  • Darwin and the passions : how passion manuals informed Darwin's research
  • Photography and evolution meet : connections between photography and biology in the 1860s
  • Method to their madness : how photography in mental hospitals influenced Darwin
  • Laughing and crying : Darwin's quest for pictures of expressive babies
  • Darwin's eyes and ears : the artists who guided Darwin's search for pictures
  • Darwin's art photographer : Oscar Rejlander, Darwin's favorite photographer
  • Rejlander's performances : posing for Darwin's pictures
  • Alice, eugenics, and the spirit world : the aftermath of Darwin's experiments.