- Additional Authors
- Description
- 240 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 23 cm.
- Summary
- Though commonly relegated to modern-day science, the concept of evolution is ingrained in representations of life and nature in the visual arts, and artists and scientists have much to share on the meaning of human origin, human existence and human fate. The present volume documents an online symposium in which a distinguished panel of artists, curators, scientists, historians, educators, media theorists and critics participated in a lively, informative conversation on the interface of art and science.
- Series Statement
- Issues in cultural theory, 1521-1223 ; 16
- Uniform Title
- Issues in cultural theory ; 16.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Conference proceedings.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-230).
- Contents
- Keynote interviews / Kevin Finneran. Eduardo Kac ; E.O. Wilson -- Symposium transcripts : visual culture and evolution. Welcome. J.D. Talasek ; Symmes Gardner ; Phyllis Hecht ; Roger Malina ; Kevin Finneran. Early origins of evolutionary thinking. What is evolution? ; What is visual culture? ; What influence did evolutionary ideas have on other areas of thinking? ; What evolutionary ideas were circulating in the early nineteenth century? ; What was the impact of evolutinary thinking on visual culture in the late nineteenth century?. Evolution : then and now. What new branches of evolutionary thinking have emerged? ; How is the notion of evolution manifested in visual culture today? ; How do scientific ideas function in the cultural realm? ; Does the idea of "elegance" function in science as it does in art? ; Where do we go from here? ; Wrap-up.
- Call Number
- JFE 15-3601
- ISBN
- OCLC
- 769430103
- Title
Visual culture and evolution : an online symposium / moderated by Kevin Finneran ; edited by J.D. Talasek, Rick Welch and Kevin Finneran ; [panelists, Suzanne Anker and others].
- Imprint
[Baltimore] : Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture, University of Maryland, Baltimore County : Johns Hopkins University, Master of Arts in Museum Studies Program ; Washington, D.C. : Cultural Programs of the National Academy of Sciences, 2011.
- Type of Content
text
- Type of Medium
unmediated
- Type of Carrier
volume
- Series
Issues in cultural theory, 1521-1223 ; 16
Issues in cultural theory ; 16.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-230).
- Added Author
Finneran, Kevin.
Talasek, J. D.
Welch, Rick, Ph. D.
University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Center for Art, Design, and Visual Culture.
Johns Hopkins University. Master of Arts in Museum Studies Program.
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
- Research Call Number
JFE 15-3601