Enlightened animals in eighteenth-century art : sensation, matter and knowledge
by
Cohen, Sarah R., 1957- author.
Title
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Enlightened animals in eighteenth-century art : sensation, matter and knowledge
Material culture of art and design
Material culture of art and design.
Author
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Cohen, Sarah R., 1957- author.
ISBN
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9781350203587
Personal Author
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Cohen, Sarah R., 1957- author.
Publication Information
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London ; New York : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2021.
Physical Description
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xviii, 243 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Series
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Material culture of art and design
Material culture of art and design.
Contents
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1. The social animal -- 2. The sensitive animal -- 3. The language of brutes -- 4. Animating porcelain -- 5. Sentient matter.
Abstract
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"How do our senses help us to understand the world? This question, which preoccupied Enlightenment thinkers, also emerged as a key theme in depictions of animals in eighteenth-century art. This book examines the ways in which painters such as Chardin, as well as sculptors, porcelain modelers, and other decorative designers portrayed animals as sensing subjects who physically confirmed the value of material experience. The sensual style known today as the Rococo encouraged the proliferation of animals as exemplars of empirical inquiry, ranging from the popular subject of the monkey artist to the alchemical wonders of the life-sized porcelain animals created for the Saxon court. Examining writings on sensory knowledge by La Mettre, Condillac, Diderot and other philosophers side by side with depictions of the animal in art, Cohen argues that artists promoted the animal as a sensory subject while also validating the material basis of their own professional practice"-- Provided by publisher
Subject Term
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Animals in art.
Senses and sensation in art.
Animals -- Symbolic aspects -- Europe.
Art, European -- 18th century -- Themes, motives.
Animals in art
Animals -- Symbolic aspects
Art, European -- Themes, motives
Senses and sensation in art
Geographic Term
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Europe
Bibliographical References
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Field 805
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npmlib 11004814 N7660 C63 yh
Library | Shelf Number | Item Barcode | Copy | Material Type |
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NPM Library | N7660 C63 2021 | 11004814 | 1 | B |