This collection represents years of research by scholars in literature, photography, and art history, affirming Charles Darwin's profound influence in shaping visual culture. . . . The work includes many illustrations and photographs, making perusing it an enjoyable experience. . . . Recommended.
Choice The contributors shed important new light on Darwin's indebtedness to the visual dimensions of science and on the legacy of his work in visual terms for scientists, artists, and others.
Victorian Studies The Art of Evolution, though directed mainly to historians of science and art, has something to teach social scientists and practicing artists. Darwin and the artistic productions his work inspired are fundamental elements of our intellectual inheritance. In every one of these chapters, authors connect domains that too many of us previously considered discrete. To that extent, this book enriches our understanding of visual phenomena. It also makes a significant contribution to the sociology of knowledge.
Visual Studies The scope of this well-illustrated collection includes England, France, Germany, Norway, Denmark, the Soviet Union, and the United States (via the contemporary artist Allan McCollum).
Nineteenth-Century French Studies