Green light : toward an art of evolution

Type:
boek
Titel:
Green light : toward an art of evolution
Andere titel:
Toward an art of evolution
Auteur:
Gessert, George
Jaar:
2010
Onderwerp:
Bioculture
Taal:
Engels
Uitgever:
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2010
Plaatsnummer:
7.009 GESS (Kunstenbibliotheek)
ISBN:
9780262014038
Paginering:
xxiii, 233 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Reeks:
Leonardo
Samenvatting:
Divine plants and magical animals -- Aesthetic effects of domestication -- The rainforests of domestication -- The rise of ornamental plants -- Darwin's sublime -- Playing God -- Standards of excellence -- Doubles -- Kitsch plants -- Bastard flowers, genetic goofies, and Freud's bow wows -- Biotechnology in the garden -- Recent art involving DNA -- Naming life -- Anthropocentrism and genetic art -- The angel of extinction -- Seven breeding complexes -- The slowest art -- Breeding for wildness.
Nota:
boek
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