Drawn from Life: Science and Art in the Portrayal of the New World

Victoria Dickenson

Published by University of Toronto Press 1998

Drawn from Life

Science and Art in the Portrayal of the New World

Victoria Dickenson

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442674103

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An illustrated archeology of the imagination that reveals how artists and writers from the late 16th to the early 19th century, most of whom had never seen North America, portrayed the natural history and landscape of North America to European readers.

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Dickenson Victoria :

Victoria Dickenson is Director of the McCord Museum in Montreal.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
List of Plates Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xiii
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xv
Introduction: The Bittern from Hudson s-Bay Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1: Emblematic Animals Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
Chapter 2: Naturalism and the Counterfeit of Nature Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
Chapter 3: The Living Image Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	69
Chapter 4: The Redefinition of Landscape Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
Chapter 5: The Classification of the Visible: Part One Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	141
Chapter 6: The Classification of the Visible: Part Two Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
Chapter 7: A Country Observed Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	189
Conclusion: Drawing and Nature Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	279
Credits Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	301
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	303

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 312

eBook

Published: December 1, 1998
ISBN: 9781442674103