1st Edition
Art Historical Perspectives on the Portrayal of Animal Death 1550–1950
By Roni Grén
Copyright 2024
198 Pages
20 Color & 49 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
198 Pages
20 Color & 49 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
198 Pages
20 Color & 49 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This study concentrates on the discourses around animal death in arts and the ways they changed over time.
Chapter topics span from religious symbolism to natural history cabinets, from hunting laws to animal rights, from economic history to formalist views on art. In other words, the book asks why artists have represented animal death in visual culture, maintaining that the practice has,... Read more
Introduction 1. Eden and After 2. The Metaphysical Correlate 3. Surface and Death 4. To Picture a Hunt 5. Collections, Histories, Experiments 6. Relocating Cruelty 7. A Death of a Kind
Biography
Roni Grén is an associate professor (title of docent) at the University of Turku, Finland. His topics of research have been centered on modern art theory, animal studies, and French cultural theory.
