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Endless forms : Charles Darwin, natural science, and the visual arts / edited by Diana Donald and Jane Munro

This illustrated volume examines the impact of evolutionary theory on nineteenth-century European and American visual arts. It analyses the reciprocal relationship between Darwinian ideas and the work of artists including Monet, Cezanne, and Landseer.
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