Jonathan Smith on Charles Darwin and Victorian Visual Culture (Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture, Series Number 50)

Charles Darwin and Victorian Visual Culture (Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture, Series Number 50) By Jonathan Smith

  • Hardcover
  • 378
  • Charles Darwin and Victorian Visual Culture (Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture, Series Number 50)
  • Jonathan Smith
  • English
  • 12 August 2024
  • 0521856906

Book Charles Darwin and Victorian Visual culture

Charles Darwin and Victorian Visual Culture (Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture, Series Number 50)

Charles Darwin and Victorian Visual Culture (Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture, Series Number 50) By Jonathan Smith
0521856906
9780521856904
English
378
Hardcover
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Although The Origin of Species contained just a single visual illustration Charles Darwin s other books from his monograph on barnacles in the early 1850s to his volume on earthworms in 1881 were copiously illustrated by well known artists and engravers In this 2006 book Jonathan Smith explains how Darwin managed to illustrate the unillustratable his theories of natural selection by manipulating and modifying the visual conventions of natural history using images to support the claims made in his texts Moreover Smith looks outward to analyse the relationships between Darwin s illustrations and Victorian visual culture especially the late Victorian debates about aesthetics and shows how Darwin s evolutionary explanation of beauty based on his observations of colour and the visual in nature were a direct challenge to the aesthetics of John Ruskin The many illustrations reproduced here enhance this fascinating study of a little known aspect of Darwin s lasting influence on literature art and culture Charles Darwin and Victorian Visual Culture Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth Century Literature and Culture Series Number 50 Jonathan Smith was born in Wales in 1942 and went to Christ College Brecon He read English at Cambridge taught at Loretto School Edinburgh and in Melbourne and from the late 1960s onwards at Tonbridge School where he was head of English for 17 years He is married and lives in Kent..