That Ghastly Work
Ruskin, Animals and Anatomy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12590432 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dinah Birch (1Trinity College, Oxford, UK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 131-145 |
| Publication date | 2000-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Worldviews Global Religions Culture and Ecology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1363-5247 • E-ISSN: 1568-5357 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/156853500507780 |
| OpenAlex | W2076050722 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
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
Aesthetics · Art · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Political science · Representation (politics · Reverence · Work (physics · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Joseph Conrad and Literature · Law · Philosophy · Visual Culture and Art Theory
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.07 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2011 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |