LECTURES & LITERATURE

    Of Pictures & Specimens: Natural History in Post-Revolutionary and Restoration France

    Of Pictures & Specimens: Natural History in Post-Revolutionary and Restoration France

    Presented by American Philosophical Society Museum at American Philosophical Society - Benjamin Franklin Hall

    December 1-December 3, 2011


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    Of Pictures & Specimens: Natural History in Post-Revolutionary and Restoration France is organized by the APS Museum in conjunction with its current exhibition, Of Elephants & Roses: Encounters with French Natural History, 1790 – 1830. It will bring together scholars from the United States and France. Included are presentations on topics related to natural history, from the role of artists and gardeners in botanical science and the representations of a giraffe’s African keepers to the influence of natural history on Balzac’s writing and on the birth of the social sciences. Participants bring interdisciplinary perspectives from material culture, the histories of art and science, visual studies, botany, decorative arts, and cultural history.

    The symposium has been made possible by generous funding from the Richard Lounsbery Foundation.


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      • Venue Info

        American Philosophical Society - Benjamin Franklin Hall

        427 Chestnut Street
        Philadelphia, PA 19106

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      • Admission Info

        Tickets:

        FREE!

        Please register online on or before Monday, November 28th.

        Info Phone: 215-440-3442

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      • Dates & Times

        Dates:
        December 1-December 3, 2011

        Times:

        Thursday @ 6 pm
        Friday and Saturday @ 9 am

      • Accessibility Info

          Currently, no accessibility information is available for this event.


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