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Darwin's camera : art and photography in the theory of evolution
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- Creator
- Phillip Prodger
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009
- Physical Details
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- xxv, 283 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 27 cm
- ISBNs
- 0195150317, 0199882169, 1282380540, 9780195150315, 9786612380549, 0199722307
- OCLC
- ocn551192729, ocn243777562
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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
Subjects
- Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 -- Illustrations.
- Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 -- Art collections.
- Rejlander, O. G. (Oscar Gustav), 1813-1875.
- Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.
- Evolution (Biology)
- Art.
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- Photography.
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- Biological Evolution.
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