American Dinosaur Abroad: A Cultural History of Carnegie's Plaster Diplodocus okumak kayıt olmadan

American Dinosaur Abroad: A Cultural History of Carnegie's Plaster Diplodocus

Tarih ve Felsefe

In early July 1899, an excavation team of paleontologists sponsored by Andrew Carnegie discovered the fossil remains in Wyoming of what was then the longest and largest dinosaur on record. Named after its benefactor, the Diplodocus carnegii&;or Dippy, as it&;s known today&;was shipped to Pittsburgh and later mounted and unveiled at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in 1907. Carnegie&;s pursuit of dinosaurs in the American West and the ensuing dinomania of the late nineteenth century coincided with his broader political ambitions to establish a lasting world peace and avoid further international conflict. An ardent philanthropist and patriot, Carnegie gifted his first plaster cast of Dippy to the British Museum at the behest of King Edward VII in 1902, an impulsive diplomatic gesture that would result in the donation of at least seven reproductions to museums across Europe and Latin America over the next decade, in England, Germany, France, Austria, Italy, Russia, Argentina, and Spain. In this largely untold history, Ilja Nieuwland explores the influence of Andrew Carnegie&;s prized skeleton on European culture through the dissemination, reception, and agency of his plaster casts, revealing much about the social, political, cultural, and scientific context of the early twentieth century.  

---

pdf kindle epub doc

---

---

1 Haziran 2018 15 x 0,3 x 22 cm 22 Eylül 2020 BrownTrout Publisher 30 Eylül 2020 15 x 0,7 x 22 cm 28 Şubat 2018 15 x 0,6 x 22 cm Anonymous 15 x 0,4 x 22 cm Kolektif 1 Ocak 2016 21,6 x 0,6 x 27,9 cm Flower Love Press 1 Ocak 2018 Collectif 15 x 0,5 x 22 cm U.S. Department of the Interior

---

okumak okumak kayıt olmadan