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Author | : Nancy Stepan |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 300 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9780801438813 |
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"Picturing Tropical Nature reflects on the work of several nineteenth- and twentieth-century scientists and artists, including Alexander von Humboldt, Alfred Russel Wallace, Louis Agassiz, Sir Patrick Manson, and Margaret Mee. Their careers illuminate several aspects of tropicalization: science and art in the making of tropical pictures; the commercial and cultural boom in things tropical in the modern period; photographic attempts to represent tropical hybrid races; antitropicalism and its role in an emerging environmentalist sensibility; and visual depictions of disease in the new tropical medicine."--Jacket.
Author | : Alfred Russel Wallace |
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Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 1878 |
Genre | : Color |
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Author | : Krista A. Thompson |
Publisher | : Duke University Press |
Total Pages | : 421 |
Release | : 2007-03-15 |
Genre | : Photography |
ISBN | : 0822388561 |
Download An Eye for the Tropics Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Images of Jamaica and the Bahamas as tropical paradises full of palm trees, white sandy beaches, and inviting warm water seem timeless. Surprisingly, the origins of those images can be traced back to the roots of the islands’ tourism industry in the 1880s. As Krista A. Thompson explains, in the late nineteenth century, tourism promoters, backed by British colonial administrators, began to market Jamaica and the Bahamas as picturesque “tropical” paradises. They hired photographers and artists to create carefully crafted representations, which then circulated internationally via postcards and illustrated guides and lectures. Illustrated with more than one hundred images, including many in color, An Eye for the Tropics is a nuanced evaluation of the aesthetics of the “tropicalizing images” and their effects on Jamaica and the Bahamas. Thompson describes how representations created to project an image to the outside world altered everyday life on the islands. Hoteliers imported tropical plants to make the islands look more like the images. Many prominent tourist-oriented spaces, including hotels and famous beaches, became off-limits to the islands’ black populations, who were encouraged to act like the disciplined, loyal colonial subjects depicted in the pictures. Analyzing the work of specific photographers and artists who created tropical representations of Jamaica and the Bahamas between the 1880s and the 1930s, Thompson shows how their images differ from the English picturesque landscape tradition. Turning to the present, she examines how tropicalizing images are deconstructed in works by contemporary artists—including Christopher Cozier, David Bailey, and Irénée Shaw—at the same time that they remain a staple of postcolonial governments’ vigorous efforts to attract tourists.
Author | : Dot Barlowe |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 52 |
Release | : 2009-01-15 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 0486465624 |
Download Tropical Paradise Scenes to Paint Or Color Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Windswept beaches. Swaying palm trees. Gorgeous sunsets. Colorists and other artists can escape to exotic, faraway places with this collection of 23 breathtaking scenes. Perforated pages make it easy to remove each illustration.
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Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 1875 |
Genre | : Indians of South America |
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Author | : Susan E. Quinlan |
Publisher | : Astra Publishing House |
Total Pages | : 172 |
Release | : 2010-08-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1590787757 |
Download The Case of the Monkeys That Fell from the Trees Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
NSTA/CBC Outstanding Science Trade Book Why would several monkeys suddenly fall from the trees? How do tiny frogs make deadly poisons? Why are passionvines so difficult to find? These are some of the mysteries explored in this fascinating nonfiction picture book. Why do certain plants harbor hordes of biting ants? What kind of creature pollinates an odd-looking flower? Each of the eleven ecological mysteries in this book follow scientists as they track down clues, set up curious experiments, and ultimately discover some of the surprising and hidden connections that make tropical forests so fascinating—and so fragile. Carefully researched illustrations help readers visualize tropical forests, diverse plants and animals, and the details of each mystery.
Author | : ALFRED R. WALLACE |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2018 |
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ISBN | : 9781033567500 |
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Author | : Tropical Nature |
Publisher | : Palala Press |
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Release | : 2016-05-21 |
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ISBN | : 9781358192937 |
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Author | : Adrian Forsyth |
Publisher | : Camden House (NY) |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1995-03 |
Genre | : Forest ecology |
ISBN | : 9780921820994 |
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Portrays the flora and fauna of the tropical rain forest, celebrating the beauty and complexity of the oldest ecosystem.