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Preternatural is an exhibition catalogue published on the occasion of the exhibition "Preternatural," 9 December 2011 to 17 February 2012, Ottawa, Canada (http://www.preternatural.ca). The exhibition comprises three installation sites and 9 artists, all of whom explore the idea that art itself is a form of preternatural pursuit, in which they explore the bewildering condition of being in between the mundane and the marvelous in nature. It questions a world that understands itself as accessible, reachable, and 'knowable' and counters it with a consideration of this heterogenous proposition.
Nature in art --- metaphysics --- nature --- supernatural --- exhibition catalog
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Monkeys are probably the animals with which we most readily identify when it comes to recognizing the human in the animal. Nevertheless, they symbolize, as it were, a fear of human degeneration. The particular human-animal relationship is the subject of this cultural history. Frank Jacob explains what role apes played for the self-perception of humans and how they were and are understood as humanoid animals, for example as objects in research and popular media. In doing so, he sheds light on a history of relationships that continues to this day, whereby the intensity of this relationship between humans and primates has been redefined again and again over the centuries.
Media studies --- Films, cinema --- Popular culture --- Animals & nature in art (still life, landscapes & seascapes, etc) --- Human-Animal Studies; Cultural History; Animal History; Media Studies; Film Studies; King Kong; Planet of the Apes; Charles Darwin; Samuel Serge Voronoff; Mary Sanders Pollock; Thomas Henry Huxley; Godzilla; Colonialism
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The Enlightenment remains widely associated with the rise of scientific progress and the loss of religious faith, a dual tendency that is thought to have contributed to the disenchantment of the world. In her wide-ranging and richly illustrated book, Tili Boon Cuillé questions the accuracy of this narrative by investigating the fate of the marvelous in the age of reason. Exploring the affinities between the natural sciences and the fine arts, Cuillé examines the representation of natural phenomena - whether harmonious or discordant - in natural history, painting, opera, and the novel from Buffon and Rameau to Ossian and Stal. She demonstrates that philosophical, artistic, and emotional responses to the 'spectacle of nature' in eighteenth-century France included wonder, enthusiasm, melancholy, and the 'sentiment of divinity.'
Science and the arts --- Art and natural history --- Philosophy of nature --- Natural history literature --- Nature in literature --- Arts, French --- Enlightenment --- History --- Themes, motives --- Nature (Aesthetics) --- Nature in art. --- Nature in literature. --- Enthusiasm. --- Illusion. --- Imagination. --- Marvelous. --- Melancholy. --- Memory. --- Opera. --- Spectacle of Nature. --- Sublime. --- Wonder.
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La fin du Moyen Âge et la Renaissance sont un moment essentiel dans l'émergence du sujet en tant qu'auteur rendant compte d'une expérience particulière d'interprétation et/ou d'existence. Les éléments naturels et le paysage ont leur part dans la constitution de cette identité. Les études réunies ici interrogent cette relation entre la nature et la subjectivité, essentiellement à partir des représentations littéraires et au travers de plusieurs axes de réflexion. Comment les éléments naturels sont-ils convoqués pour participer à l'émergence du sujet ? Comment la description subjective de la nature contribue-t-elle à la naissance du paysage ? Quel rôle tient la médiation spirituelle entre l'homme et la nature, œuvre de la création divine ? En fin de compte, à quoi servent les éléments naturels sinon à ce que le sujet se connaisse mieux et se situe par rapport au monde et à l'autre, humain ou divin ?
Self (Philosophy) --- Subjectivity --- Congresses --- Landscapes in literature --- Nature in art --- Paysages dans la littérature --- Nature dans l'art --- Paysages dans la littérature --- Subjectivity in literature --- Landscapes in art --- Nature in literature --- European literature --- Moi (Philosophie) --- Subjectivité --- Subjectivité dans la littérature --- Paysages dans l'art --- Nature dans la littérature --- Littérature européenne --- Congrès --- Congresses. --- Self (Philosophy) - Congresses --- Subjectivity - Congresses --- History --- Literature --- Renaissance --- nature --- littérature --- subjectivité --- Littérature de la renaissance --- Nature --- Paysage --- Thèmes, motifs --- Dans la littérature --- Philosophie
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