Representing Evolution: Jens Ferdinand Willumsen's Fertility and the Natural Sciences
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Representing Evolution : Jens Ferdinand Willumsen's Fertility and the Natural Sciences . / Hedin, Gry.
In: Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide, Vol. 11, No. 3, 23.10.2012.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Representing Evolution
T2 - Jens Ferdinand Willumsen's Fertility and the Natural Sciences
AU - Hedin, Gry
PY - 2012/10/23
Y1 - 2012/10/23
N2 - A scandal shook Danish art when Jens Ferdinand Willumsen exhibited his etching Fertility in 1891. A heavily pregnant woman—Willumsen's wife, Juliette—and a short text about a new language of art flank a grain, which sprouts in a way that looks less like a plant than some sort of diagram. This article discusses Willumsen's etching in the context of evolutionary theory, arguing that Willumsen is a rare example of an artist who not only let the theory of evolution fuel his artistic imagination, but also concerned himself with a core issue of the theory, namely to what extent it could be applied to the language of art.
AB - A scandal shook Danish art when Jens Ferdinand Willumsen exhibited his etching Fertility in 1891. A heavily pregnant woman—Willumsen's wife, Juliette—and a short text about a new language of art flank a grain, which sprouts in a way that looks less like a plant than some sort of diagram. This article discusses Willumsen's etching in the context of evolutionary theory, arguing that Willumsen is a rare example of an artist who not only let the theory of evolution fuel his artistic imagination, but also concerned himself with a core issue of the theory, namely to what extent it could be applied to the language of art.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - Kunst
KW - Naturvidenskab
KW - Evolution
M3 - Journal article
VL - 11
JO - Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide
JF - Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide
SN - 1543-1002
IS - 3
ER -
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