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Art for Animals - Visual Culture and Animal Advocacy, 1870-1914 (Hardcover)
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Art for Animals - Visual Culture and Animal Advocacy, 1870-1914 (Hardcover)
Series: Animalibus
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Animal rights activists today regularly use visual imagery in their
efforts to shape the public's understanding of what it means to be
"kind," "cruel," and "inhumane" toward animals. Art for Animals
explores the early history of this form of advocacy through the
images and the people who harnessed their power. Following in the
footsteps of earlier-formed organizations like the RSPCA and ASPCA,
animal advocacy groups such as the Victoria Street Society for the
Protection of Animals from Vivisection made significant use of
visual art in literature and campaign materials. But, enabled by
new and improved technologies and techniques, they took the imagery
much further than their predecessors did, turning toward vivid,
pointed, and at times graphic depictions of human-animal
interactions. Keri Cronin explains why the activist community
embraced this approach, details how the use of such tools played a
critical role in educational and reform movements in the United
States, Canada, and England, and traces their impact in public and
private spaces. Far from being peripheral illustrations of points
articulated in written texts or argued in impassioned speeches,
these photographs, prints, paintings, exhibitions, "magic lantern"
slides, and films were key components of animal advocacy at the
time, both educating the general public and creating a sense of
shared identity among the reformers. Uniquely focused on imagery
from the early days of the animal rights movement and filled with
striking visuals, Art for Animals sheds new light on the history
and development of modern animal advocacy.
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