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Art for Animals - Visual Culture and Animal Advocacy, 1870–1914 (Paperback)
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Art for Animals - Visual Culture and Animal Advocacy, 1870–1914 (Paperback)
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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