Drawn from life : science and art in the portrayal of the New World /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Dickenson, Victoria
Corporate Author:	EBSCOhost
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, [1998]
Subjects:	Natural history illustration > Europe > History. Natural history illustration > North America > History. Art and science > History. Illustration en sciences naturelles > Canada > Histoire. Illustration scientifique > Canada > Histoire. Art et sciences > Histoire. Canada dans l'art. Illustration en sciences naturelles > États-Unis > Histoire. Illustration scientifique > États-Unis > Histoire. Illustration. Reisebericht. Kanada. NATURE / Essays. NATURE / Reference. TRAVEL / Special Interest / Ecotourism. SCIENCE / History. Geschichte 1550-1820. Electronic books. History. Art and science. Natural history illustration. Europe. North America.
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Table of Contents:

Introduction: The Bittern from Hudson's-Bay
Ch. 1. Emblematic Animals. Glimpses of the New World: Early Maps of North America. Marks and Emblems: Claiming a New World. Words into Pictures: The Su, the Bison, and the Simivulpa
Ch. 2. Naturalism and the Counterfeit of Nature. The Development of Naturalism. The Representation as Counterfeit. Translating the Image: The Value of Repeated Pictorial Statement
Ch. 3. The Living Image. Cornut and the Canadensium Plantarum. The Herbal Tradition. The Sea of Simples. The Book of God's Works: The Garden in Print. Cornut and Charlevoix
Ch. 4. The Redefinition of Landscape. ... a vast and prodigious Cadence of Water. The Conventions of Landscape. The Deer Park. The Imposition of Order.