Travels of William Bartram Reconsidered

Travels of William Bartram Reconsidered
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Publisher : John Bartram Association
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ISBN-10 : 0615257488
ISBN-13 : 9780615257488
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Book Synopsis Travels of William Bartram Reconsidered by : Mark Dion

Download or read book Travels of William Bartram Reconsidered written by Mark Dion and published by John Bartram Association. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combining humor and seriousness, this picture-filled book beautifully documents an artistic collaboration across more than two centuries. The 18th-century naturalist/artist William Bartram is renowned for hisTravels, a volume recounting his 1770s trip through the American Southeast and for his revelatory drawings. Mark Dion is a contemporary artist famous for working with historical and museum collections, and for site-specific displays that mimic the historical exhibits surrounding them. Commissioned for the landmark John Bartram house at Philadelphia's Bartram's Garden, the "Travels Reconsidered" exhibition and Dion's 21st-century journey that produced it are evoked inTravels of William Bartram - Reconsidered, a book filled with copious photographs, drawings, and texts. Essays by the organizing art curator and an art critic; the first history of Bartram's Garden published in 50 years, by its Resident Bartram Scholar; and excerpts from Mark Dion's travel diary and reproductions of letters and texts about the project and its people make this book a treasure trove of exploration that encompasses different times, spaces, and ideas of natural history and art. Distributed by Temple University Press for The John Bartram Association


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