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The awe of the Arctic : a visual history / edited by Elizabeth Cronin ; with a foreword by Brent Reidy and essays by Elizabeth Cronin, Elizabeth C. Denlinger, Ian Fowler, Julie Golia, Bogdan Horbal, Jessica Keister, Declan Kiely, Maggie Mustard, Dalila Scruggs, Kyle R. Triplett, Madeleine C. Viljoen, Joseph J. Vissers, Emily Walz.

Reidy, Brent, (writer of foreword.). Cronin, Elizabeth, 1978- (editor,, contributor.). Denlinger, Elizabeth Campbell, (contributor.). Fowler, Ian (Map librarian), (contributor.). Golia, Julie, (contributor.). Horbal, Bogdan, 1965- (contributor.). Keister, Jessica, (contributor.). Kiely, Declan, (contributor.). Mustard, Maggie, (contributor.). Scruggs, Dalila, (contributor.). Triplett, Kyle R., (contributor.). Viljoen, Madeleine Claire, 1968- (contributor.). Vissers, Joseph J., (contributor.). Walz, Emily, (contributor.). New York Public Library, (host institution.).

Summary:

"A co-publication with The New York Public Library on the occasion of its 2024 exhibition The Awe of the Arctic, this richly illustrated catalogue with its groundbreaking scholarship is the first to survey five hundred years of Arctic imagery. The presentation ranges from sixteenth-century explorers who attempted to capture the perceived strangeness of a remote region to contemporary artists whose work conveys the human impact on its changing climate and landscape. Collectively, the essays explore a trove of books, prints, photographs, maps, and artifacts depicting and representing the various nationalities and cultures that have shaped our understanding of the polar north and the peoples for whom it is home."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9783775748070
ISBN: 3775748075
Physical Description: 257 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, facsimiles ; 30 cm.
Publisher: Berlin : Hatje Cantz, [2024]

Content descriptions

General Note:	"New York Public Library" Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name at the New York Public Library, March 15-July 13, 2024.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-246) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Contemplating the Arctic / Brent Reidy -- Preface / Elizabeth Cronin -- Mercator's conceptions of the Arctic / Ian Fowler -- Déjà vu: the Arctic peoples in the early modern book / Madeleine C. Vijoen. Per Freta Hactenus Negata: news from nowhere in the North Georgia Gazette, and Winter Chronicle / Kyle R. Triplett ; A glance at ice in The Arctic Expedition and Frankenstein / Elizabeth C. Denlinger ; "I am not yet frozen to death...": last words from the doomed Franklin expedition / Declan Kiely ; Annotated transcription of Stephen S. Stanley's letter to William Fergusson / Declan Kiely -- Feeble and heroic: encountering the fantastical Arctic landscape / Elizabeth Cronin. Frederick George Jackson's Cape Flora panorama: The journey to a first-rate halftone / Jessica Keister ; Above sea and ice: by baloon to the Arctic / Joseph J. Vissers ; The new North, the last waves: Agnes Dean Cameron's voyage to the Arctic / Julie Golia ; Buying in: magic lantern slides from Robert Peary's Arctic expeditions / Maggie Mustard ; The ephemeral Arctic: Albert Operti's "Arctic scnese" / Emily Walz ; Snatching victory from the jaws of defeat: the rebranding of the SS / Cheliuskin Bogdan Horbal -- Fragments from the Arctic: contemporary artistic work / Elizabeth Cronin and Maggie Mustard. Terry Adkins's Qikiqtaaluk: a recital for Matthew Henson / Dalila Scruggs.