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The Making of Philadelphia: The Natural Environment and Its Scientific and Artistic Histories
- Canadian Review of American Studies
- University of Toronto Press
- Volume 50, Number 1, Spring 2020
- pp. 200-216
- Review
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Abstract:
As a colonial centre of North America and the first capitol of the United States, the city of Philadelphia was a central participant in the development of American art and science. This essay reviews three recent texts that seek to understand the interconnected nature of art and science in Philadelphia: Elizabeth Milroy's The Grid and the River: Philadelphia's Green Places, 1682–1876, Amy R.W. Myers's Knowing Nature: Art and Science in Philadelphia, 1740–1840, and Alan C. Braddock and Laura Turner Igoe's A Greene Country Towne: Philadelphia's Ecology in the Cultural Imagination. Each volume identifies key figures, objects, and texts that are integral to understanding Philadelphia's natural environment and the flowering of art and science in the city.
Résumé:
En tant que centre colonial de l'Amérique du Nord et premier capitole des États-Unis, la ville de Philadelphie avait un rôle important dans le développement des arts et des sciences américains. Cet article recense trois textes récents qui cherchent à comprendre l'interconnectivité des arts et des sciences à Philadelphie: The Grid and the River: Philadelphia's Green Places, 1682–1876, d'Elizabeth Milroy; Knowing Nature: Art and Science in Philadelphia, 1740–1840, d'Amy R.W. Myers; et A Greene Country Towne: Philadelphia's Ecology in the Cultural Imagination, d'Alan C. Braddock et Laura Turner Igoe. Chaque livre identifie des figures, des objets et des textes clés qui sont essentiels à la compréhension de l'environnement naturel de la Philadelphie ainsi que de l'art et des sciences florissants dans cette ville.
