Article ID: CBB001211936

Vision and the Representation of Africans: On Historical Encounters between Science and Art (2013)

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Phaf-Rheinberger, Ineke (Author)


History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences
Volume: 35, no. 1
Issue: 1
Pages: 51-60


Publication Date: 2013
Edition Details: Part of a special section, “Historical and Biological Times: A Celebration of Identity,” a discussion of Hans-Jörg Rheinberger's life and work.
Language: English

By focusing on the Brueghel/Rubens painting Vision of 1617, it is argued that these two artists were very much aware of global expansion overseas. In consideration of this fact, they seem to suggest on their canvas that art and science both play with images but that there is a difference in the understanding of knowledge transmitted through the visual medium in the history of art and science.

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Article Santesmases, María Jesús; Suárez-Díaz, Edna; Barahona, Ana (2013) Historical and Biological Times: A Celebration of Identity. Introduction. History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences (pp. 9-12). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Rikken, Marrigje
Smith, Paul J.
Bastos, Cristiana
Carton, Benedict
Godby, Michael
Göttler, Christine
Journals
Journal of Southern African Studies
Africa: The Journal of the International African Institute
International Journal of African Historical Studies
Journal of Historical Geography
Memorie della Società Astronomica Italiana
NTM: Zeitschrift für Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Technik und Medizin
Publishers
University of Chicago
Palgrave Macmillan
Springer
University of North Carolina Press
Concepts
Science and art
Africa, civilization and culture
Visual representation; visual communication
Painters and painting
Traditional societies and cultures
Medicine and society
People
Brueghel, Jan the Elder
Rubens, Peter Paul
Álvares, Domingos
Daniell, Samuel
Della Porta, Giovan Battista
Faber, Johann
Time Periods
17th century
16th century
20th century
19th century
Renaissance
18th century
Places
Africa
India
Europe
South Africa
United States
South America
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