Darwin's camera : art and photography in the theory of evolution / Phillip Prodger.
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Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2009.
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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.