The Origins of the World

December 15, 2020 May 2, 2021 Exhibition has ended

In the second half of the 19th century, Darwin and his followers, such as Haeckel in Germany, questioned the origins of man, his place in Nature, his relationship with animals and his own animality in a world now understood as an ecosystem.

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The Origins of the World - The Invention of Nature in the 19th Century - Exhibition catalogue

MX642970

€ 45

FRENCH LANGUAGE

The 19th century saw an unprecedented development of the natural sciences. While the great voyages of exploration bear witness to the diversity of the world and the variety of living species, geology revealed the unimaginable antiquity of the earth, and the study of fossils revealed the beginnings of life and the existence of extinct species, including dinosaurs.
At the crossroads of science and art, this book compares the main milestones of scientific discoveries with their parallels in the imagination.

Exhibition at the Orsay Museum, autumn-winter 2020-2021

French language
384 pages

Gallimard / Musée d'Osay Co-publishing

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