| Description |
xxvii, 199 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 27 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-187) and index. |
| Contents |
Foreword: Art, science, and birds / Paul R. Ehrlich -- Preface: What is science art? -- Introduction: A gallery of science art -- Gallery guide -- Lower gallery: Bird Art over the Millennia : Room 1. Birds as icons ; Room 2. Birds as resources for human use ; Room 3. Birds as teaching tools ; Room 4. Birds as a means of understanding biology ; Room 5. Birds as a means of promoting conservation -- Mezzanine: Thinking about aesthetics, the oldest bird paintings, and painting nature -- Upper gallery: How science and art overlap ; Room 6. Science art as its own category ; Room 7. Content, style, and medium ; Room 8. The importance of captions ; Room 9. From real public venues to virtual ones ; Room 10. Science art, birds, and perceptions of nature -- Appendix 1. Timeline linking art, technology,and the study of birds -- Appendix 2. A science art checklist for practitioners. |
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Ornithology.
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Ornithology. |
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Ornithological illustration.
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Ornithological illustration. |
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Birds in art.
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Birds in art. |
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Nature (Aesthetics)
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Nature (Aesthetics) |
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Nature -- Effect of human beings on.
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Nature -- Effect of human beings on. |
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Art and science.
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Art and science. |
| Added Author |
Kennedy, Donald, 1931-2020.
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| ISBN |
9780300123883 alkaline paper |
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0300123884 alkaline paper |
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