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Miss Clara and the Celebrity Beast in Art, 1500-1860: 1500 - 1860 by Charles Ave

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ISBN-13
9781913645021
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ISBN
9781913645021
Publication Year
2021
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Book Title
Miss Clara and the Celebrity Beast in Art, 1500-1860
Item Height
210mm
Author
Samuel Shaw, Helen Cowie, Robert Wenley, Charles Avery
Publisher
Paul Holberton Publishing
Topic
Nature
Item Width
210mm
Number of Pages
96 Pages

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This book tells the fascinating story of the rhinoceros Miss Clara, the most famous animal of the eighteenth century. It accompanies the fi rst ever major loan exhibition devoted to Clara and celebrity pachyderms in the UK and will off er a signifi cant contribution to scholarship on the subject. The latest in the Barber's acclaimed objectin-focus series, Miss Clara focuses on a small bronze sculpture of a rhinoceros, and also considers other celebrity beasts, the emergence of menageries and zoos, and the significance of the capture and captivity of these big beasts within wider academic discussions of colonialism and empire. 'Miss Clara' arrived in Europe from the Dutch East Indies in 1741, brought by a retired Dutch East India Company captain, Douwe Mout van der Meer, who then toured her round Europe (including England) to huge acclaim and excitement. Jungfer Clara (so christened while visiting Wurzburg in 1748) was the first rhino to be seen on mainland Europe since 1579 and the object of great wonder and aff ection. Her fame generated a massive industry in souvenirs and imagery from life-scale paintings by major masters to cheap popular prints; there were even Clara-inspired clocks and hairstyles. This book will look at the phenomenon of Clara but, unlike previous studies of the subject, will focus primarily on sculptural/3D representations of her, within the context of other celebrity pachyderms represented by artists between the 16th and 19th centuries. Miss Clara is one of the most remarkable and best-loved sculptures in the Barber and was praised by the great German art historian and museum director Wilhelm von Bode as 'the fi nest animal bronze of Renaissance' - a telling tribute to its quality, even if he misunderstood its date. The Barber's cast is one of only two known, the other being at the V&A. There are also closely related marble versions. Other celebrity beasts featured will include the elephants Hansken, Chunee and Jumbo; Durer's and various London rhinos; and the hippo Obaysch, star of London Zoo in the 1850s, and the fi rst to be seen in Europe since the fall of the Roman Empire. The publication will consist of entries for the thirty exhibits - included extended texts by Dr Helen Cowie (York University) on images of Chunee and Obaysch - preceded by three essays. Robert Wenley, Deputy Director of the Barber Institute, and the curator of the exhibition, will relate the story of Miss Clara (and of other celebrity rhinos), and explore the sculptural representations of her, presenting new research into their attribution and dating. The eminent sculptural historian, Dr Charles Avery, formerly of the V&A Museum and Christie's, will write a complementary essay about celebrity elephants in Europe between 1500 and 1700. Dr Sam Shaw (Open University), will discuss private menageries and public zoos between about 1760 and 1860 in the UK, and consider celebrity pachyderms as emblems of empire and colonialism.

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Publisher
Paul Holberton Publishing
ISBN-13
9781913645021
eBay Product ID (ePID)
8049904470

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Book Title
Miss Clara and the Celebrity Beast in Art, 1500-1860
Author
Samuel Shaw, Helen Cowie, Robert Wenley, Charles Avery
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Nature
Publication Year
2021
Number of Pages
96 Pages

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Item Height
210mm
Item Width
210mm

Additional Product Features

Title_Author
Robert Wenley, Charles Avery, Samuel Shaw, Helen Cowie
Editor
Robert Wenley
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom

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