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Cargando... Still Life: Adventures in Taxidermypor Melissa Milgrom
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Well written & well reported but more than I really needed to know about the history of taxidermy and the world of contemporary taxidermists. ( ) Dips into the different facets of taxidermy: the British and American traditions, the dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History, Victorian fads, kitcsch, and Damien Hirst. It's as much a cultural study of taxidermists as it is a history of the craft. Great for making you think deeper about the process and motivations behind “stuffing” [sic] animals. No pictures, crazily. this is the kind of quirky exploration of an offbeat subject that attracts me when browsing the library shelves. It didn't disappoint me and I learned the story behind the dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History that fascinated me as a child and keep drawing me back there whenever I am in New York. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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HTML:After her curiosity is piqued by a safari gone awry, a journalist delves into the curious world of taxidermy and shares her findings. It's easy to dismiss taxidermy as a kitschy or morbid sideline, the realm of trophy fish and jackalopes or an anachronistic throwback to the dusty diorama. Yet theirs is a world of intrepid hunter-explorers, eccentric naturalists, and gifted museum artisans, all devoted to the paradoxical pursuit of creating the illusion of life. Into this subculture of passionate animal-lovers ventures journalist Melissa Milgrom, whose journey stretches from the anachronistic family workshop of the last chief taxidermist for the American Museum of Natural History to the studio where an English sculptor, granddaughter of a surrealist artist, preserves the animals for Damien Hirst's most disturbing artworks. She wanders through Mr. Potter's Museum of Curiosities in the final days of its existence to watch dealers vie for preserved Victorian oddities, and visits the Smithsonian's offsite lab, where taxidermists transform zoo skins into vivacious beasts. She tags along with a Canadian bear trapper and former Roy Orbison impersonator??the three-time World Taxidermy Champion??as he resurrects an extinct Irish elk using DNA studies and Paleolithic cave art for reference; she even ultimately picks up a scalpel and stuffs her own squirrel. Transformed from a curious onlooker to an empathetic participant, Milgrom takes us deep into the world of taxidermy and reveals its uncanny appeal. "Hilarious but respectful." ??Washington Post "Engrossing." ??New Yorker "[A] delightful debut . . . Milgrom has in Still Life opened up a whole world to readers." ??Chicago Tribune "Milgrom's lively account will appeal to readers who enjoyed Mary Roach's quirky science books." ??Librar No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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