Visual voyages, images of Latin American nature from Columbus to Darwin, Daniela Bleichmar
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Visual voyages, images of Latin American nature from Columbus to Darwin, Daniela Bleichmar
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-218) and index
Illustrations
illustrationsmaps
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Visual voyages
Nature of contents
catalogsbibliography
Oclc number
982652245
Responsibility statement
Daniela Bleichmar
Sub title
images of Latin American nature from Columbus to Darwin
Summary
From the voyages of Christopher Columbus to those of Alexander von Humboldt and Charles Darwin, the depiction of the natural world played a central role in shaping how people on both sides of the Atlantic understood and imaged the region we now know as Latin America. Nature provided incentives for exploration, commodities for trade, specimens for scientific investigation, and manifestations of divine forces. It also yielded a rich trove of representations, created both by natives to the region and visitors, which are the subject of this lushly illustrated book. Author Daniela Bleichmar shows that these images were not only works of art but also instruments for the production of knowledge, with scientific, social, and political repercussions. Early depictions of Latin American nature introduced European audiences to native medicines and religious practices. By the 17th century, revelatory accounts of tobacco, chocolate, and cochineal reshaped science, trade, and empire around the globe. In the 18th and 19th centuries, collections and scientific expeditions produced both patriotic and imperial visions of Latin America. Exhibition: The Huntington Library, San Marino, USA (16.09.2017-08.01.2018)
Table Of Contents
Foreword / Catherine Hess -- Introduction -- Rewriting the book of nature -- The value of nature -- Collecting: from wonder to order -- New landscapes -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- Illustration credits
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Images of Latin American nature from Columbus to Darwin
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- Scientific expeditions -- Latin America -- Exhibitions
- Europe -- Relations -- Latin America -- Exhibitions
- Exhibition catalogs
- Latin America -- Relations -- Europe -- Exhibitions
- Natural history in art -- Exhibitions
- Natural history -- Latin America -- Pictorial works -- Exhibitions
- Natural history illustration -- Latin America -- Exhibitions
- Latin America -- In art -- Exhibitions
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- Scientific expeditions -- Latin America -- Exhibitions
- Europe -- Relations -- Latin America -- Exhibitions
- Exhibition catalogs
- Latin America -- Relations -- Europe -- Exhibitions
- Natural history in art -- Exhibitions
- Natural history -- Latin America -- Pictorial works -- Exhibitions
- Natural history illustration -- Latin America -- Exhibitions
- Latin America -- In art -- Exhibitions
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