Oops! Looks like we're having trouble connecting to our server.
Refresh your browser window to try again.
About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press
ISBN-100226731049
ISBN-139780226731049
eBay Product ID (ePID)64559
Product Key Features
Number of Pages294 Pages
Publication NameScenes from Deep Time : Early Pictorial Representations of the Prehistoric World
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1992
SubjectHistory, Anthropology / General, Paleontology
TypeTextbook
AuthorMartin J. S. Rudwick
Subject AreaSocial Science, Science
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight29.6 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width8.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN91-047677
Dewey Edition20
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal560
Table Of ContentIntroduction 1. Creation and the Flood 2. Keyholes into the Past 3. Monsters of the Ancient World 4. A First Sequence of Scenes 5. Domesticating the Monsters 6. The Genre Established 7. Making Sense of It All Notes Sources for Figures and Texts Bibliography Index
SynopsisHow did the earth look in prehistoric times? Scientists and artists collaborated during the half-century prior to the publication of Darwin's Origin of Species to produce the first images of dinosaurs and the world they inhabited. Their interpretations, informed by recent fossil discoveries, were the first efforts to represent the prehistoric world based on sources other than the Bible. Martin J. S. Rudwick presents more than a hundred rare illustrations from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to explore the implications of reconstructing a past no one has ever seen.