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Green light : toward an art of evolution / George Gessert.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gessert, George, 1944-
- Series:
- Leonardo books.
- Leonardo books
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Art and biology.
- Biotechnology in art.
- Nature (Aesthetics).
- Evolution (Biology)--Philosophy.
- Evolution (Biology).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (260 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Toward an art of evolution
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- How humans' aesthetic perceptions have shaped other life forms, from racehorses to ornamental plants.
- Contents:
- Divine plants and magical animals
- Aesthetic effects of domestication
- The rainforests of domestication
- The rise of ornamental plants
- Darwin's sublime
- Playing God
- Standards of excellence
- Doubles
- Kitsch plants
- Bastard flowers, genetic goofies, and Freud's bow wows
- Biotechnology in the garden
- Recent art involving DNA
- Naming life
- Anthropocentrism and genetic art
- The angel of extinction
- Seven breeding complexes
- The slowest art
- Breeding for wildness.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-262-29158-4
- 1-282-63820-3
- 9786612638206
- 0-262-26589-3
- OCLC:
- 646069118
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