04088cam a22006017i 4500 pucpr 20220217151449.0 170109t20172017ctuab bc 001 0 eng c 9780300224023 0300224028 pucpr eng pucpr pucpr rda CARIBET QH46.5 B54 2017 23 508.0222 Bleichmar, Daniela, 1973- Visual voyages : images of Latin American nature from Columbus to Darwin / Daniela Bleichmar. txt Images of Latin American nature from Columbus to Darwin New Haven : Yale University Press in association with The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, 2017. xiii, 226 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 29 cm. book rdacontent text txt rdacontent still image sti rdacontent cartographic image cri rdamedia unmediated n rdacarrier volume nc Published on the occasion of an exhibition of the same name held at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, September 16, 2017-January 8, 2018. "Published with the assistance of the Getty Foundation." "Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA, Latin American & Latino Art in LA"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-218) and index. Foreword / Catherine Hess -- Introduction -- Rewriting the book of nature -- The value of nature -- Collecting: from wonder to order -- New landscapes -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- Illustration credits. From the voyages of Christopher Columbus to those of Alexander von Humboldt and Charles Darwin, the depiction of the natural world played a central role in shaping how people on both sides of the Atlantic understood and imaged the region we now know as Latin America. Nature provided incentives for exploration, commodities for trade, specimens for scientific investigation, and manifestations of divine forces. It also yielded a rich trove of representations, created both by natives to the region and visitors, which are the subject of this lushly illustrated book. Author Daniela Bleichmar shows that these images were not only works of art but also instruments for the production of knowledge, with scientific, social, and political repercussions. Early depictions of Latin American nature introduced European audiences to native medicines and religious practices. By the 17th century, revelatory accounts of tobacco, chocolate, and cochineal reshaped science, trade, and empire around the globe. In the 18th and 19th centuries, collections and scientific expeditions produced both patriotic and imperial visions of Latin America. Exhibition: The Huntington Library, San Marino, USA (16.09.2017-08.01.2018). Natural history illustration Latin America Exhibitions. Natural history Latin America Pictorial works Exhibitions. Scientific expeditions Latin America Exhibitions. Natural history in art Exhibitions. International relations. fast Natural history. fast Natural history illustration. fast Natural history in art. fast Scientific expeditions. fast Latin America In art Exhibitions. Latin America Relations Europe Exhibitions. Europe Relations Latin America Exhibitions. Europe. fast Latin America. fast Exhibition catalogs. fast Exhibition, pictorial works. fast Illustrated works. fast Exhibition catalogs. lcgft Illustrated works. lcgft Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA (Project) Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. lcc 6 QH46.5 General B54 2017 297824 297824 0 0 lcc 0 0 4 4 33 2022-02-14 Amazon 47.98 1 General QH46.5 B54 2017 91000000066225 2023-10-24 15:24:25 2023-10-23 1 57.98 2022-02-14 6