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Bezig met laden... Under a Wild Sky: John James Audubon and the Making of The Birds of Americadoor William Souder
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. An interesting and informative, if somewhat dismaying, semi-biography of audobon. Not sure when I'll be able to look at the drawings again without some of the gruesome scenes from the book clouding my vision ( ) A pleasure to read. Previously I was dimly aware of Audubon's background beyond the acclaimed naturalist who painted life-size birds (if you ever get to see the original size of the folios, they are *massive). Who knew that he was a bastard son of a sea captain (inb4 "Hey should this be shoved at [a:Lin-Manuel Miranda|5725556|Lin-Manuel Miranda|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1439932375p2/5725556.jpg]?") and self-trained naturalist could go toe-to-toe with European zoologists and then some, yet at the same time build up his persona as a roguish American frontiersmen with embellishments and some outright zoological fabrications (the description of rattlesnakes as tree-dwellers, for example)? I would have liked to see some of the prints referenced (especially those in the chapters' epigraphs), but there are plenty of other books for that. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
"John James Audubon is renowned for his masterpiece of natural history and art, The Birds of America, the first nearly comprehensive survey of the continent's birdlife. And yet few people understand, and many assume incorrectly, what sort of man he was. How did the illegitimate son of a French sea captain living in Haiti, who lied both about his parentage and his training, rise to become one of the greatest natural historians ever and the greatest name in ornithology? In Under a Wild Sky this Pulitzer Prize finalist, William Souder reveals that Audubon did not only compose the most famous depictions of birds the world has ever seen, he also composed a brilliant mythology of self. In this dazzling work of biography, Souder charts the life of a driven man who, despite all odds, became the historical figure we know today. "-- Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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