Terrible Beauty: Elephant - Human - Ivory

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Beschreibung

The elephant is a much-admired animal, but it is also endangered. The ivory from its tusks has been in great demand across the centuries and throughout all cultures. What sort of material is it? How has it been used in the past and the present? And what can we do today to protect the worlds largest mammals from poachers? This lavishly illustrated volume embarks on a journey through cultural history and takes up a contemporary position. Ivory fascinates. As long as 40,000 years ago people carved mammoth tusks into artful figures and musical instruments, and it remains popular as a material to this day. Ivory polarises, because the animals tusks also stand for injustice and violence. The exploitation of man and nature, the threatened extinction of the elephant, poaching and organised crime are phenomena which we associate with ivory. The publication approaches the subject critically and poses the question as to our responsibility in our dealings with both animal and material.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2021
Genre:	Geisteswissenschaften , Kunst , Musik
Rubrik:	Kunst & Musik
Thema:	Bildende Kunst
Medium:	Buch
Inhalt:	200 S.
ISBN-13:	9783777433639
ISBN-10:	3777433632
Sprache:	Englisch
Herstellernummer:	3363
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss
Redaktion:	Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss
Herausgeber:	Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss
Hersteller:	Hirmer
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Hirmer Verlag GmbH, Bayerstr. 57-59, D-80335 München, mail@hirmerverlag.de
Abbildungen:	180 Abbildungen in Farbe
Maße:	21 x 221 x 274 mm
Von/Mit:	Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss
Erscheinungsdatum:	25.06.2021
Gewicht:	1,061 kg