Charles Darwin
Fotografia de Julia Margaret Cameron
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“This paper represents the outcome of about two months of total
immersion in Darwin, evolutionary theory and relevant histories of science”
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The Darwin Effect (ficheiro pdf)
Texto de Linda Nochlin
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“The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals is an important reference work today, with relevance across disciplines – psychology, anthropology, zoology, ethnology, behavioral sciences, etc. – it is also a fascinating and important work in the field of photographic history.”
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Notes on Charles Darwin’s use of photographs for The Expressions of the
Emotions in Man and Animals, 1872 (ficheiro pdf)
Texto de Bill Jay
Fotografia de Oscar G. Rejlander
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“The other signs of rage are not necessarily present. This expression may occasionally be observed in a person who sneers at or defies another, though there may be no real anger; as when any one is playfully accused of some fault, and answers, “I scorn the imputation.” The expression is not a common one, but I have seen it exhibited with perfect distinctness by a lady who was being quizzed by another person. It was described by Parsons as long ago as 1746, with an engraving, showing the uncovered canine on one side. (…) Mr. Rejlander, without my having made any allusion to the subject, asked me whether I had ever noticed this expression, as he had been much struck by it. He has photographed for me (Plate IV. fig 1) a lady, who sometimes unintentionally displays the canine on one side, and who can do so voluntarily with unusual distinctness.”
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in Expression of the emotions in Man and Animals
As ideias de Charles Darwin divulgadas nestes sítios:
- Recursos bibliográficos e online no blogue Ler para crer
- Darwin in four minutes
- The Dispersal of Darwin
“British broadcaster Sir David Attenborough presents his views on Charles Darwin, natural selection, and how the Bible has put the natural world in peril in an exclusive interview for Nature Video.”
Darwin & The Naked Apes / Children of Evolution