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Article: Earth's endless forms: the fascinating interchange between the revolutionary theories of Charles Darwin and art of the late 19th and early 20th centuries is explored in a groundbreaking interdisciplinary exhibition.(Science & Technology)
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- USA TODAY
- Article date:
- May 1, 2009
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THE IDEA OF A LINK between Charles Darwin (180982), the scientist, and the visual arts is at first surprising. Yet, Darwin was highly receptive to the visual traditions he inherited. In turn, his ideas about the natural world and man's place in it had a profound impact on European and American artists of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
By opening a new perspective on man and his origins, Darwin's theories of evolution and natural selection provided fertile territory for the creative imagination. Artistic responses were wide-ranging: from imaginative projections of prehistory to troubled evocations of a life dominated by ...