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THE ORIGINS OF THE WORLD: THE INVENTION OF NATURE IN THE 19TH CENTURY

by Laura Bossi

Published by The Montreal Museum Of Fine Arts. 1st. 2021

Very good condition. A catalogue produced in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name. Large format. Pictorial boards. 383 pages. Colour photos throughout.

Rubbing to cover edges and a couple of small marks to rear cover. A few small marks to textblock.

ISBN: 9782072927003
Stock no. 1329922

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FOREWORD
HISTORY OF ART.
HISTORY OF IDEAS
WHY DARWIN?
NATURE UNVEILED TO SCIENCE
PROLOGUE EARTHLY PARADISE
THEPOWER OF NATURE IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE
THE GRAND TOUR OF CLARA THE RHINOCEROS
FROM AMATEURS TO SCHOLARS: THE MUTATIONS OF A COLLECTION
THE WORLD'S IMMENSIVY, NATURE'S DIVERSITY: THE ERA OF THE GRAND VOYAGES
NICOLAS BAUDIN'S EXPEDITION TO THE AUSTRAL LANDS
AQUARIUM MANIA
TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA
THE FIRST OCEANOGRAPHIC TREATISE
UNLOCKING NATURE'S SECRETS
VERNE REINVENTED BY MELIES
THE ANTIQUITY OF THE WORLD; THE DISCOVERY OF NATURE'S TIME
LANDSCAPE AND GEOLOGICAL IMAGINATION
THE INVENTION AND REINVENTION OF DINOSAURS
PREHISTORIC HUMANS IN ARCHAEOLOGY AND THE IMAGINATION
ROSNY AINE'S NOVEL OF ORIGINS
VOLUTIONS, AUTHORS, THEORIES, READERS
FROM THE GREAT CHAIN OF BEING TO THE TREE OF LIFE
WHY IS THE PEACOCK BEAUTIFUL?
LAUGHTER AND DREAMS
ERNST HAECKEL AND BEAUTY
DARWIN, EVOLUTION AND CARICATURE
THE DOUBLE: VARIATIONS ON THE APE
APES IN OUR IMAGE
THE BEAST WITHIN: HYBRIDS AND CHIMERAS
ARS SIVE NATURA: ART, NATURE AND THE "POWER OF IMAGINATION" IN THE WORKS OF ODILON REDON
MONET WATER LILIES
EVOLUTION AND ART NOUVEAU
FATAL MIRROR OF THE AGES
WRITING ABOUT THE ORIGINS OF MAN, OR THE MERGENCE OF ANIMALITY
THE SOMBRE FACE OF EVOLUTION: DEGENERATION, DEVOLUTION AND EXTINCTION
THE ORIGINS ACCORDING TO ABSTRACTION
NATURE: THE WILD PART OF THE WORLD
NATURE: THE IMPOSSIBLE ELSEWHER
ARTIFICIALIS
APPENDICES
LIST OF WORKS
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX OF PROPER NAMES