An unprecedented visual exploration of the intertwined histories of
art and science, of the old world and the new From the voyages of
Christopher Columbus to those of Alexander von Humboldt and Charles
Darwin, the depiction of the natural world played a central role in
shaping how people on both sides of the Atlantic understood and
imaged the region we now know as Latin America. Nature provided
incentives for exploration, commodities for trade, specimens for
scientific investigation, and manifestations of divine forces. It
also yielded a rich trove of representations, created both by
natives to the region and visitors, which are the subject of this
lushly illustrated book. Author Daniela Bleichmar shows that these
images were not only works of art but also instruments for the
production of knowledge, with scientific, social, and political
repercussions. Early depictions of Latin American nature introduced
European audiences to native medicines and religious practices. By
the 17th century, revelatory accounts of tobacco, chocolate, and
cochineal reshaped science, trade, and empire around the globe. In
the 18th and 19th centuries, collections and scientific expeditions
produced both patriotic and imperial visions of Latin America.
Through an interdisciplinary examination of more than 150 maps,
illustrated manuscripts, still lifes, and landscape paintings
spanning four hundred years, Visual Voyages establishes Latin
America as a critical site for scientific and artistic exploration,
affirming that region's transformation and the transformation of
Europe as vitally connected histories. Published in association
with the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
Exhibition Schedule: Accompanies the exhibition Visual Voyages:
Images of Latin American Nature from Columbus to Darwin at the
Huntington Library, San Marino, California, 16 September 2017-8
January 2018.
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