Natural things in early modern worlds

• Titel: Natural things in early modern worlds
• Mitwirkende: Cooley, Mackenzie [HerausgeberIn]
• Mitwirkende: Toledano, Anna [HerausgeberIn]
• Mitwirkende: Yıldırım, Duygu [HerausgeberIn]
• Verf.angabe: edited by Mackenzie Cooley, Anna Toledano, and Duygu Yıldırım
• Verlagsort: London ; New York, NY
• Verlag: Routledge
• Jahr: 2023
• Umfang: xviii, 395 Seiten
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 978-1-032-39718-4
• ISBN: 978-1-032-39720-7
• DOI: doi:10.4324/9781003351054
• Schlagwörter: (s)Natur / (s)NaturgeschichteFach / (s)Illustration / (s)Wissenschaft / (s)Neuzeit
• Dokumenttyp: Aufsatzsammlung
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Online-Ausgabe: Natural things in early modern worlds. - London : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023
• RVK-Notation: AK 18400
• RVK-Notation: TB 2300
• K10plus-PPN: 1847510140

Abstract

"The essays and original visualizations collected in Natural Things in Early Modern Worlds explore the relationships among natural things, ranging from pollen in a gust of wind, to a carnivorous pitcher plant, to a shell-like skinned armadillo, and the humans enthralled with them. Episodes from 1500 to the early 1900s reveal connected histories across early modern worlds, as natural things travelled across the Indian Ocean, the Ottoman Empire, Pacific islands, Southeast Asia, the Spanish Empire, and Western Europe. In distant worlds that were constantly changing with expanding networks of trade, colonial aspirations, and the rise of empiricism, natural things obtained new meanings and became alienated from their origins. Tracing the processes of their displacement, each chapter starts with a piece of original artwork that relies on digital collage to pull image sources out of place and to represent meanings that natural things lost and remade. Accessible and elegant, Natural Things is the first study of its kind to combine original visualizations with the history of science. Museum-goers, scholars, scientists, and students will find new histories of nature and collecting within. Its playful visuality will capture the imagination of non-academic and academic readers alike while reminding us of the alienating capacity of the modern life sciences"--