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Darwin Becomes Art : Aesthetic Vision in the Wake of Darwin: 1870-1920.
This book analyses Darwin's influence on art and the effect of his science on experiences of beauty. The first chapter discusses Darwin's great forerunner, Alexander von Humboldt, and his contribution to thinking about the relationship between science and beauty. The second examines the pu...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
Editions Rodopi,
2014.
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| Colección: | Internationale Forschungen zur allgemeinen und vergleichenden Literaturwissenschaft ;
175. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book analyses Darwin's influence on art and the effect of his science on experiences of beauty. The first chapter discusses Darwin's great forerunner, Alexander von Humboldt, and his contribution to thinking about the relationship between science and beauty. The second examines the public reception of Darwin in Germany, focusing on the German Naturalists and the important scientific controversies which Darwin's idea provoked. It shows the political use of science (Häckel and Virchow) and foreshadows present-day debates between Darwinism and Creationism, science and an idealized view of na. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (236 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789401210904 940121090X |