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" THAT GHASTLY WORK: "
Dinah Birch
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AL
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1086143
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LA129772
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10.1163/156853500507780
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English
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Dinah Birch
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THAT GHASTLY WORK: [Article] : RUSKIN, ANIMALS AND ANATOMY\ Dinah Birch
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Leiden: Brill
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Worldviews: Global Religions, Culture, and Ecology
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2000
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4/2
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131–145
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| Abstract
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John Ruskin (1819-1900)—art critic, architectural historian and writer—became, in his later work, increasingly interested in the relationship between human and animal life. As an art critic, he was concerned with the representation of human and animal figures and, in particular, with anatomical studies; whilst he had a longstanding interest in scientific concepts, in particular in the ways in which evolutionary theory changed understandings of animals. This paper explores how Ruskin rejected both the anatomical approach to animals studied in art, and the dissection of animals by scientists. Instead, this paper argues, Ruskin proposed that the lives of animals should be regarded with respect, reverence and responsibility. John Ruskin (1819-1900)—art critic, architectural historian and writer—became, in his later work, increasingly interested in the relationship between human and animal life. As an art critic, he was concerned with the representation of human and animal figures and, in particular, with anatomical studies; whilst he had a longstanding interest in scientific concepts, in particular in the ways in which evolutionary theory changed understandings of animals. This paper explores how Ruskin rejected both the anatomical approach to animals studied in art, and the dissection of animals by scientists. Instead, this paper argues, Ruskin proposed that the lives of animals should be regarded with respect, reverence and responsibility.
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ANATOMY
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ANIMALS
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DISSECTION
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RUSKIN
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10.1163/156853500507780
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