The image of objectivity

Author

Daston, Lorraine; Galison, Peter

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Representations. 1992, Num. 40, 81-128, 13 ill.

ISSN

0734-6018

Abstract (en)

Study of the moralization of objectivity in the late 19th and early 20th cs. as reflected in scientific image-making. Uses scientific atlases from various fields, 18th-20th cs., to chart the emergence and nature of new conceptions of objectivity and subjectivity.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- Pictorial arts
• Science
• 1700-2000
• Illustration
• Morality
• Objectivity
• Subjectivity

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Peinture et arts graphiques
• Sciences
• 1700-2000
• Illustration
• Morale
• Objectivité
• Subjectivité

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19940101-00336724

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