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Charles R. Knight : the artist who saw through time / Richard Milner ; [introduction by Rhoda Knight Kalt].
- Title
- Charles R. Knight : the artist who saw through time / Richard Milner ; [introduction by Rhoda Knight Kalt].
- Author
- Milner, Richard, 1941-
- Publication
- New York : Abrams, c2012.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | ND237.K5922 M55 2012 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Knight, Charles Robert, 1874-1953
- Description
- 180 p. : ill. (chiefly col.); 26 x 29 cm.
- Summary
- Describes the life of the famous wildlife artist, known for his groundbreaking images of dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures, and includes insights on his scientifically accurate restorations and excerpts from his personal papers.
- Subject
- Knight, Charles Robert, 1874-1953 > Themes, motives
- American Museum of Natural History > Exhibitions > History
- Wildlife artists > United States > Biography
- Natural history illustrators > United States > Biography
- Paleontologists > United States > Biography
- Animals in art
- Animals > Pictorial works
- Extinct animals > Pictorial works
- Dinosaurs > Pictorial works
- Prehistoric peoples > Pictorial works
- Genre/Form
- Biography
- illustrated books.
- Illustrated works
- Biographies
- Biographies.
- Ouvrages illustrés.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 179) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Remembering "Toppy," my grandfather / by Rhoda Knight Kalt -- Charles R. Knight : a wildlife artist grows in Brooklyn -- It's all happening at the zoo -- Obsessed with heads and horns -- Buffalo dusk -- Elephant palace in the Bronx -- An artist among the scientists -- Cats -- The tiger -- Hoofed animals -- Horses -- The world of birds -- Extinct birds -- Deep-sea drama -- On drawing animals -- Cousins beneath the skin -- Animal moods and psychology -- A date with destiny -- Henry Fairfield Osborn -- Dinosaurs -- Brontosaurus -- Allosaurus -- Stegosaurus -- Tyrannosaurus -- How I reconstruct extinct animals -- Extinct mammals -- La Brea Tar Pits -- Meaner than old King Kong -- Hanging by a thread -- Before the dawn of history -- Florida's saber-toothed cats -- Wit and whimsy -- The artist as critic -- Cave men and cave paintings -- Ice Age -- Mammoths on parade -- Was this the first man? -- A starry Knight -- Preserving Knight's legacy -- A dream of Dinoland Park -- How the dinosaurs escaped.
- ISBN
- 9780810984790
- 0810984792
- LCCN
- ^^2011009743
- OCLC
- 707628125
- SCSB-9930014
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library