Natural Things in Early Modern Worlds Cooley MacKenzie
Natural Things in Early Modern Worlds Cooley MacKenzie The essays and original visualizations collected in Natural Things in Early Modern Worlds explore the relationships among natural things -…
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Natural Things in Early Modern Worlds Cooley MacKenzie
The essays and original visualizations collected in Natural Things in Early Modern Worlds explore the relationships among natural things - ranging from pollen in a gust of wind to a carnivorous pitcher plant to a shell-like skinned armadillo - and the humans enthralled with them.Episodes from 1500 to the early 1900s reveal connected histories across early modern worlds as natural things traveled across the Indian Ocean, the Ottoman Empire, Pacific islands, Southeast Asia, the Spanish Empire, and Western Europe. Tracing the processes of their displacement, each chapter starts with a piece of original artwork that relies on digital collage to pull image sources out In distant worlds that were constantly changing with expanding networks of trade, colonial aspirations, and the rise of empiricism, natural things obtained new meanings and became alienated from their origins.