Animals, plants and afterimages [electronic book] : the art and science of representing extinction / edited by Valerie Bienvenue.

Contributor(s): Bienvenue, Valérie [editor].

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BookPublisher: New York : Berghahn Books, 2022Copyright date: ©2022Description: online resource (462 pages).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781800734258 (hardback); 9781805390671 (e-Book).Subject(s): Extinct animals in art

| Extinct plants in art

| Museum techniques -- Moral and ethical aspects

DDC classification: 704.943 Online resources: e-Book

Contents:

Dialogues about extinction -- Indigenous peoples and extinction -- Representing avian and insect extinctions -- Representing extinct plants and fungi -- Representing extinct mammals -- Exhibiting extinction.

Summary: The sixth mass extinction or Anthropocene extinction is one of the most pervasive issues of our time. Animals, Plants and Afterimages brings together leading scholars in the humanities and life sciences to explore how extinct species are represented in art and visual culture, with a special emphasis on museums. Engaging with celebrated cases of vanished species such as the quagga and the thylacine as well as less well-known examples of animals and plants, these essays explore how representations of recent and ancient extinctions help advance scientific understanding and speak to contemporary ecological and environmental concerns.

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The sixth mass extinction or Anthropocene extinction is one of the most pervasive issues of our time. Animals, Plants and Afterimages brings together leading scholars in the humanities and life sciences to explore how extinct species are represented in art and visual culture, with a special emphasis on museums. Engaging with celebrated cases of vanished species such as the quagga and the thylacine as well as less well-known examples of animals and plants, these essays explore how representations of recent and ancient extinctions help advance scientific understanding and speak to contemporary ecological and environmental concerns.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Table of contents provided by Syndetics

List of Illustrations, Figures and Tables (p. viii)
Acknowledgements (p. x)
Introduction. Representing Extinction: Art, Science and Afterimages (p. 1)
Part I Dialogues about Extinction
Chapter 1 The Dinosaur as Cultural Symbol and Totem: W.J.T. Mitchell in Conversation (p. 67)
Chapter 2 Visualizing Extinction: Harriet Ritvo in Conversation (p. 77)
Chapter 3 'Putting Nature Back Together Again': Stuart Pimm in Conversation (p. 91)
Part II Indigenous Peoples and Extinction
Chapter 4 Tie Beothuk, the Great Auk and the Newfoundland Wolf: Animal and Human Genocide in Canada's Easternmost Province (p. 113)
Chapter 5 Cultural Memory of Recent Extinctions: A Chinese Perspective (p. 137)
Chapter 6 Grief, Extinction and Bilhaa (Abalone) (p. 153)
Part III Representing Avian and Insect Extinctions
Chapter 7 Sparrows with Teeth and Claws? Reconstructing the Cretaceous Enantiornithes (Aves: Ornithothoraces) (p. 169)
Chapter 8 Rare Birds and Rare Books: The Species as Work of Art (p. 191)
Chapter 9 The Species Revivalist Sublime: Encountering the Kaua'i 'O'o Bird in Jakob Kudsk Steensen's Re-Animated (p. 211)
Chapter 10 Insects, Spiders, Snails and Empathy: Representing Invertebrate Extinctions in Natural History Museums (p. 230)
Part IV Representing Extinct Plants and Fungi
Chapter 11 Reconstructing Lycopsids Lost to the Deep Past (p. 243)
Chapter 12 Ellis Rowan, Extinction and the Politics of Flower Painting (p. 259)
Chapter 13 Towards Extinction: Mapping the Vulnerable, Threatened and Critically Endangered Plant in 'Moments of Friction' (p. 274)
Chapter 14 Sweetness, Power, Yeasts and Entomo-terroir (p. 286)
Part V Representing Extinct Mammals
Chapter 15 Animal Extinction, Film and the Death Drive (p. 303)
Chapter 16 Tasmanian Tiger: Precious Little Remains (p. 316)
Chapter 17 From the General to the Particular: Piecing Together the Life and Afterlife of A544, Louis XVI's Quagga (p. 334)
Part VI Exhibiting Extinction
Chapter 18 Three Variations on the Theme of Extinction: Looking Anew at the Art and Science of Mark Dion (p. 357)
Chapter 19 The Exhibition of Extinct Species: A Critique (p. 372)
Chapter 20 Exhibiting Extinction: Thylacines in Museum Display (p. 392)
Afterword. After Extinction (p. 407)
Notes on Contributors (p. 426)
Index (p. 432)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Valrie Bienvenue is a doctoral candidate in the Department of History of Art and Film Studies at the Universit Montral. Her thesis critically examines human-equine relations through the prism of modern art and visual culture. Prior to her academic career, she worked for ten years in equestrian circles, including teaching bareback riding and rehabilitating horses suffering from physical and psychological trauma. She is the author of several articles and book chapters.
Nicholas Chare is Professor of Art History in the Department of History of Art and Film Studies at the Universit de Montral. He is the author of After Francis Bacon (2012). In 2017 with Sbastien Lvesque and Silvestra Mariniello, he founded the baccalaureate (BACCAP) in visual cultures at the Universit de Montral.