John James Audubon : : The Nature of the American Woodsman / / Gregory Nobles.
John James Audubon's The Birds of America stands as an unparalleled achievement in American art, a huge book that puts nature dramatically on the page. With that work, Audubon became one of the most adulated artists of his time, and America's first celebrity scientist.In this fresh approac...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2017 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2017] ©2017 |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Early American Studies
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (352 p.) :; 11 color, 14 b/w illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction. Creating Art, Science, and Self
- 1. Becoming Audubon, Becoming American
- 2. Hearing Birds, Heeding Their Call
- 3. Making an Odyssey for Art and Ornithology
- 4. Going into Business with The Birds of America
- 5. Struggling for Status in Science
- 6. Suffering for Science as the “American Woodsman”
- 7. Putting People into the Picture
- 8. Exploring the Ornithology of Ordinary People
- 9. Forging a Legacy, Finding a Discipline
- 10. Bringing Audubon Back to Life
- Notes
- Index
- Acknowledgments