Photography, Natural History and the Nineteenth-Century Museum - Exchanging Views of Empire

About the author

Kathleen Davidson teaches art history at the University of Sydney. Her recent publications include `Colonial Science and Photographic Portraits¿ in Judy Annear (ed.), The Photograph and Australia (AGNSW Press, 2015); `Connecting the Senses: Natural History and the British Museum in the Stereoscopic Magazine¿, 19: Interdisciplinary Studies in the Long Nineteenth Century (2014); `Speculative Viewing: Victorians¿ Encounters with Coral Reefs¿ in Grace Moore and Michelle Smith (eds.), Victorian Environments (Palgrave Macmillan, forthcoming); and `Photography and the Triumph of Science in European Vision and the South Pacific¿ in Jaynie Anderson and Christopher Marshall (eds.), The Multiple Legacies of Bernard Smith (Power Publications & AGNSW Press, 2016). Previously, she was Curator of International Photography at the National Gallery of Australia.

Product details

• Authors: Kathleen Davidson, Davidson Kathleen
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.2020
• EAN: 9780367331160
• ISBN: 978-0-367-33116-0
• No. of pages: 260
• Series: Science and the Arts since 1750
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Photography & photographs, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, SCIENCE / History, ART / History / General, ART / Museum Studies, ART / European, ART / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945), SCIENCE / Natural History, PHOTOGRAPHY / History, HISTORY / Australia & New Zealand, ART / Australian & Oceanian, History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Colonialism & imperialism, c 1500 onwards to present day, History of Art, History of Science, British & Irish history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Colonialism and imperialism, History and Archaeology, Museology & heritage studies, Museology and heritage studies, Photography and photographs