Taxidermy art and science
There have been attempts to categorise
Taxidermy and science
Taxidermy has contributed to the study of taxonomy. Sally Gregory Kohlstedt writes that as early as the nineteenth century, “natural history museums were the principal location for dialogues and exchange of specimens among those debating identification and connection among natural objects.”[3] Traditional taxonomy primarily concerns "morphology."[2]: 18 More recently, advances in, “genetic and other molecular studies,”[4]: 1077 has enabled scientists to explore techniques to extract genetic information from, “ancient and historical samples."[4]: 1077 These methods of extracting material from preserved animals provide genetic taxonomical information; genetic taxonomy seeks to, “[measure] the genetic distance between different species.”[2]: 240
Preserved specimens have also been used in the study of
Taxidermy and art
For private practice or on public display, taxidermy is considered an art. Like other arts, taxidermists try to achieve, "
"Now it is recognized that at least one of the objects of a public museum is to give the public glimpses of living creatures as they really appear, and it is admitted that it is better to replace such appendages as combs and wattles, or even to obscure the scales of a bird's foot with paint, than to show the public dried, distorted and dingy effigies."[5]
Taxidermy or elements of taxidermy are also used in branches of
References
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F.M.C. (July 1896). "Artistic and Scientific Taxidermy: A review of Montagu Browne's Artistic and Scientific Taxidermy and Modelling". The Auk. 13 (3): 247–249. doi:10.2307/4068800.
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Asma, Stephen T. (2003). Stuffed Animals and Pickled Heads: The Culture and Evolution of Natural History Museums. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199839124.
- ^ Kohlstedt, Sally Gregory (1995). "Essay Review: Revisiting Sites in the History of the Natural Sciences". Journal of the History of Biology. 28: 151–166. .
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Casas-Marce, Mireia; et al. (2012). "The Value of Hidden Scientific Resources: Preserved Animal Specimens from Private Collections and Small Museums". BioScience. 62 (12): 1077–1082. hdl:10261/62361.
- ^ a b Lucas, F.A. (August 1896). "A Review of Artistic and Scientific Taxidermy and Modelling by Montagu Browne" (PDF). Science. 4 (86): 239–240. .
- ^ a b c d e Hansen, Rikke (2010). "Animal Skins in Contemporary Art". Journal of Visual Art Practice. 9 (1): 9–16. .