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This Book Invites Readers To Enter A Two-floor Virtual Gallery Where 60-plus Images Of Birds Reflecting The Accomplishments Of Human Pictorial History Are On Display. These Are Works In A Genre The Authors Term Science Art - That Is, Art That Says Something About The Natural World And How It Works. Darryl Wheye And Donald Kennedy Show How These Works Of Art Can Advance Our Understanding Of The Ways Nature Has Been Perceived Over Time, Its Current Vulnerability, And Our Responsibility To Preserve Its Wealth.--jacket. 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 Venu

Who reads Humans, Nature, and Birds : Science Art from Cave Walls to Computer Screens?

Author

Darryl Wheye, Donald Kennedy

Publisher

New Haven: Yale University Press

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9780300123883

Category

history

Subjects

Science, Technology, History

Rating

4.7 / 5 (4 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14