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Terrible beauty : elephant, human, ivory

Title
Terrible beauty : elephant, human, ivory / editing, Alberto Saviello, Susanne Müller-Wolff ; translation from the German, Russell Stockman
Publication
Munich : Hirmer, [2021]

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Additional Authors
  • Saviello, Alberto
  • Müller-Wolff, Susanne
  • Stockman, Russell
  • Humboldt-Forum (Berlin, Germany), host institution.
Description
199 pages : illustrations (some color); 27 cm
Summary
The elephant is a much-admired animal, but it is also endangered. The ivory from its tusks has been in great demand across the centuries and throughout all cultures. What sort of material is it? How has it been used in the past and the present? And what can we do today to protect the world's largest mammals from poachers? This lavishly illustrated volume embarks on a journey through cultural history and takes up a contemporary position for conservation. Ivory fascinates. As long as 40,000 years ago people carved mammoth tusks into artful figures and musical instruments, and it remains popular as a material to this day. Ivory polarises, because the animal's tusks also stand for injustice and violence. The exploitation of man and nature, the threatened extinction of the elephant, poaching and organised crime are phenomena which we associate with ivory. The publication approaches the subject critically and poses the question as to our responsibility in our dealings with both animal and material. Exhibition: Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss, Berlin, Germany (13.05. - 24.10.2021).
Uniform Title
Schrecklich schön. English
Alternative Title
Elephant, human, ivory
Subject
  • Ivory carving > History > Exhibitions
  • Ivory > Exhibitions
  • Elephants > Effect of poaching on > Exhibitions
  • Elephants > Pictorial works
  • Poaching > Exhibitions
  • Elephants
  • Ivory
  • Ivory carving
  • Poaching
Genre/Form
  • Pictorial works
  • Exhibition catalogs
  • History
Note
  • Translation of: Schrecklich schön : Elefant, Mensch, Elfenbein. 1. Aufl. München : Hirmer, 2021.
  • "This book appears in connection with the exhibition Terrible beauty: elephant--human--ivory, at the Humboldt Forum Berlin, 2021"--Colophon
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references
Exhibitions (note)
  • Catalog of an exhibition held at the Humboldt-Forum in the Berlin Palace, May 13 - October 24, 2021.
ISBN
  • 9783777433639
  • 3777433632
OCLC
  • on1258953315
  • 1258953315
  • SCSB-13624010
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library