John James Audubon: The Nature of the American Woodsman Nobles Gregory
John James Audubon: The Nature of the American Woodsman Nobles Gregory John James Audubon's The Birds of America stands as an unparalleled achievement in American art, a huge book that puts nature…
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John James Audubon: The Nature of the American Woodsman Nobles Gregory
John James Audubon's The Birds of America stands as an unparalleled achievement in American art, a huge book that puts nature dramatically on the page. A self-made man incessantly striving to secure his place in American society, Audubon made himself into a skilled painter, a successful entrepreneur, and a prolific writer, whose words went well beyond birds and scientific description. With that work, Audubon became one of the most adulated artists of his time, and America's first celebrity scientist.In this fresh approach to Audubon's art and science, Gregory Nobles shows us that Audubon's greatest creation was himself.
In pursuit of popular acclaim in art and science, Audubon crafted an expressive, audacious, and decidedly masculine He sought status with the gentlemen of science on both sides of the Atlantic, but he also embraced the ornithology of ordinary people.