Description: Fiona Pardington by Kriselle Baker, Elizabeth Rankin, Rhana Davenport In the 18th and early 19th centuries, European explorers in the Pacific region faced a challenge: how to describe the peoples they met and how to report what they had seen and found. Thus, it was necessary that serious expeditions include artists and scientists in its ships company. One ambitious journey of the 19th century was the third voyage of the French explorer Dumont dUrville, from 1837 to 1840. It was just before the invention of photography, when phrenology, the study of peoples skulls, was popular. On this South Pacific voyage, DUrville chose to take an eminent phrenologist, Pierre-Marie Dumoutier, to make head lifecasts of the indigenous peoples they would encounter in order to preserve their likenesses. When the expedition returned to France, the casts were displayed, then later stored in the Musee de lHomme in Paris. The collection was soon overtaken by photography and history. In 2007, photographer Fiona Pardington first learned of the lifecasts when a chance convers FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description European explorers of the Pacific in the 18th and early 19th centuries faced a problem - how to describe the people they met and report what they had seen and found. From Cook onwards, a serious expedition included artists and scientists in its ships company. An ambitious journey of the 19th century was the third voyage of the French explorer Dumont dUrville, from 1837 to 1840. It was just before the invention of photography, when phrenology, the study of peoples skulls, was the latest thing. DUrville chose to take on the voyage an eminent phrenologist, Pierre-Marie Dumoutier, to preserve likenesses of people by making life casts. When the expedition returned to France, the casts were displayed, and later stored in the Musee de lHomme in Paris, to be joined eventually by other casts from Dumoutiers collection, including those of the dUrville and Dumoutier families. All were overtaken by photography and history. Author Biography Dr Kriselle Baker is a freelance writer and curator. She is the author of The Desire of the Line: Ralph Hotere Figurative Works (Auckland, 2005) and, with Vincent OSullivan, Ralph Hotere (Auckland, 2008). Prof. Elizabeth Rankin teaches Art History at Auckland University. Previously professor at the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, her writing has focused on retrieving the histories of neglected South African artists, and on sculptors and printmakers internationally. Table of Contents Foreword; In search of the present: Fiona Pardingtons Ahua; Embossing the abyss: the work of Fiona Pardington; The truth of lineage: time and ta moko; Moulages du temps perdu: a voyage and its relics; Dumoutiers artifacts: a distant glimmer of ghosts; Facing difference: casts as document and display; Documents, specimens, portraits: Dumoutiers Oceanic casts; He ahua tipuna: faces of the ancestors; Et la tete: casting heads in the Pacific. Details ISBN1877578096 Pages 160 Publisher Otago University Press ISBN-10 1877578096 ISBN-13 9781877578090 Format Hardcover Imprint Otago University Press Subtitle The Pressure of Sunlight Falling Place of Publication Dunedin Country of Publication New Zealand Edited by Kriselle Baker Author Rhana Davenport DEWEY 779.20993 Language English Media Book Short Title FIONA PARDINGTON THE PRESSURE Photographer Fiona Pardington UK Release Date 2022-09-01 Illustrations colour illus Year 2011 Publication Date 2011-01-01 NZ Release Date 2011-01-01 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:78204125;
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