Title & Author:

Unity of nature : Alexander von Humboldt and the Americas / editors, Georgia de Havenon, Christina De León, Alicia Lubowski-Jahn, Gabriela Rangel ; translator, Christopher Leland Winks.

Publication:

New York, NY : Americas Society ; Bielefeld, Germany : Kerber, [2014]
©2014

Description:

167 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color), portraits (some color) ; 28 cm.

Series:

Kerber culture

Notes:
Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Americas Society Art Gallery, New York, April 29-July 26, 2014, guest curated by Georgia de Havenon and Alicia Lubowski-Jahn.
"Unity of Nature focuses on Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859), the Prussian scientist, explorer, diplomat, and author, who during his lifetime was renowned for his exploration of the Americas. The exhibition examines how Humboldt's scientific ideas about nature related to aesthetics and imagery, as well as how they were interpreted by landscape artists from the nineteenth-century. The show will include paintings and drawings by Frederic Edwin Church (1826-1900), Louis Remy Mignot (1831-70), Titian Ramsay Peale (1799-1835), and Norton Bush (1834-94), as well as a selection of European artists, such as Ferdinand Bellerman (1814-89), Johann Moritz Rugendas (1802-58), Albert Berg (1820-73), Anton Goering (1836-1905), Eduard Ender (1822-83), and the Victorian woman traveler Adela Breton (1849-1923). Also included in the exhibition are two works by artist Mark Dion (b. 1961) who offers a contemporary response to Humboldt's classification of nature"--Americas Society Website, viewed May 23, 2014.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 156-161).
Foreword : Unity of nature at Americas Society / Susan L. Segal -- Preface : Humboldt as the second Columbus / Jay A. Levenson -- Connectivity : Humboldt and the torrid zone / Georgia de Havenon -- Americans in Alexander von Humboldt's personal address book / Ingo Schwarz -- Humboldt and the American pictorial imagination / Katherine E. Manthorne -- Artist-travelers and the sciences / Pablo Diener -- The picturesque atlas : the landscape illustrations in Alexander von Humboldt's Views of the Cordilleras and monuments of the indigenous peoples of the Americas / Alicia Lubowski-Jahn -- Alexander von Humboldt and his unity of nature. An interview with Mark Dion / Gabriela Rangel and Wenzel Bilger ; Field Station Honda : Mark Dion in Colombia / José Roca -- Map of Alexander von Humboldt's expeditions to the Americas -- Alexander von Humboldt's chronology, 1769-1859.
Translated from the German.

Summary:

"Alexander von Humboldt is known for his botanical expeditions that took place between 1799 to 1804, and for the multi-volume Voyage aux regions équinoxiales du nouveau continent he subsequently produced. The exhibition catalogue traces the breadth and import of Humboldt's influence through paintings and varied artifacts from the nineteenth century to the present. Included are essays by notable scholars, as well as an interview with Mark Dion that touches upon the actuality of the enlightened European voyager in contemporary global art."-- Kerber Verlag website.

ISBN:

9783866789395 (hd. bd.)
3866789394 (hd. bd.)

Subject:

Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859 Exhibitions.
Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859 Influence Exhibitions.
Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859 Travel Latin America Exhibitions.
Humboldt, Alexander von, Travel Latin America.
Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859
Americas Society. Art Gallery Exhibitions.
Americas Society. Art Gallery.
Scientific expeditions Latin America Exhibitions.
Landscape painting 19th century Exhibitions.
Natural history Latin America Pictorial works Exhibitions.
Art and science Exhibitions.
Nature in art Exhibitions.
Nature (Aesthetics) Exhibitions.
Expéditions scientifiques Amérique latine Expositions.
Peinture de paysages 19e siècle Expositions.
Sciences naturelles Amérique latine Ouvrages illustrés Expositions.
Art et sciences Expositions.
Nature dans l'art Expositions.
Nature (Esthétique) Expositions.
Landscape painting Exhibitions. 19th century.
Natural history Latin America Pictorial works.
Art and science
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Landscape painting
Natural history
Nature (Aesthetics)
Nature in art
Scientific expeditions
Travel
Latin America

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogs.
exhibition catalogs.
Exhibition, pictorial works
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

De Havenon, Georgia Riley, editor and curator of exhibition.
De León, Christina, editor.
Lubowski-Jahn, Alicia, editor and curator of exhibition.
Rangel, Gabriela, editor.
Winks, Christopher, translator.
Segal, Susan L., writer of foreword.
Levenson, Jay A., writer of preface.
Americas Society. Art Gallery, host institution.
Kerber culture.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 293439
Call No.: BIB 238381
Status: Available