Fitzwilliam Museum
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15. Between Apes and Angels: Representing the Darker Implications of Darwinism
Science writer Dr. Marek Kohn discusses the various artistic reactions to the bleaker side of evolutionary thinking, as presented in the exhibition 'Endless Forms'. Is nature a...
Collection: The Fitzwilliam Museum Podcasts
Institution: Fitzwilliam Museum
Created: Wed 2 Sep 2009
15 - Jacques-Phillipe Potteau, North African and Hindoo Bombay, from Darwin’s collection of anthropological photographs
Jacques-Phillipe Potteau, North African and Hindoo Bombay, from Darwin’s collection of anthropological photographs, drawn from a set made at the Laboratoire d’Anthropologie,...
Collection: Endless Forms Audio Guide
Institution: Fitzwilliam Museum
Created: Tue 9 Jun 2009
16 - John Gould, case of stuffed hummingbirds
John Gould, case of stuffed hummingbirds, with species in the genus Agyrtria, 60 x 70 cm (hexagonal), Courtesy of the Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London
Collection: Endless Forms Audio Guide
Institution: Fitzwilliam Museum
Created: Tue 9 Jun 2009
16. Struggle and Strikes: The 'Survival of the Fittest' in Art and Literature
Dame Gillian Beer discusses ideas of poverty, struggle and competition as explored in the painting 'On Strike' (1891), and examines how Darwinian notions of 'the survival of the...
Collection: The Fitzwilliam Museum Podcasts
Institution: Fitzwilliam Museum
Created: Mon 21 Sep 2009
17 - Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Morning Music, 1864
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Morning Music, 1864, watercolour and bodycolour heightened with white, 30.4 x 27.3 cm., Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Collection: Endless Forms Audio Guide
Institution: Fitzwilliam Museum
Created: Tue 9 Jun 2009
18 - Argus pheasant feather
Argus pheasant feather
Collection: Endless Forms Audio Guide
Institution: Fitzwilliam Museum
Created: Tue 9 Jun 2009
19 - Félicien Rops, Transformismes (Les Darwiniques), ca. 1879
Félicien Rops, Transformismes (Les Darwiniques), ca. 1879, no.1, etching, 12.7 x 16.5 cm., Musée provincial Félicien Rops, Namur
Collection: Endless Forms Audio Guide
Institution: Fitzwilliam Museum
Created: Tue 9 Jun 2009
1. Darwin and the Ancient Earth: Dinosaurs and the 'Deep Past' in the 19th-Century Imagination
Why was the young Darwin's fascination with geology so important for his later work? And why was prehistory so popular in early nineteenth-century Britain? A podcast with...
Collection: The Fitzwilliam Museum Podcasts
Institution: Fitzwilliam Museum
Created: Fri 5 Jun 2009
20 - Paul Cézanne, Marion and Valabrègue Setting out to Paint from Nature, 1866
Paul Cézanne, Marion and Valabrègue Setting out to Paint from Nature, 1866, oil on canvas, 39 x 31 cm., Museo Soumaya, Mexico City
Collection: Endless Forms Audio Guide
Institution: Fitzwilliam Museum
Created: Tue 9 Jun 2009
21 - Edgar Degas, Little Dancer Aged Fourteen, bronze cast, ca. 1922
Edgar Degas, Little Dancer Aged Fourteen, bronze cast of ca. 1922, with fabric skirt, from an original of ca. 1878-81 in wax and mixed media, 96.5 x 40.6 x 26 cm., Robert and Lisa...
Collection: Endless Forms Audio Guide
Institution: Fitzwilliam Museum
Created: Tue 9 Jun 2009
2. Darwin in Cambridge: from Christ's College to the Beagle
Dr. John van Wyhe, Director of Darwin Online (darwin-online.org.uk), discusses Darwin's student days at Christ's College, Cambridge in the 1820s, and investigates the young...
Collection: The Fitzwilliam Museum Podcasts
Institution: Fitzwilliam Museum
Created: Thu 18 Jun 2009
3. The Roots of a Theory: How Plants Specimens Led a Young Darwin to Discovery
Plant specimens may seem an unlikely starting point for Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection - but, as Professor John Parker investigates in this podcast, the...
Collection: The Fitzwilliam Museum Podcasts
Institution: Fitzwilliam Museum
Created: Wed 24 Jun 2009
4. Uncovering our Origins: Monkeys, Apes and 'Primitive Man' - and how Darwin got it wrong
The Descent of Man would forever change the way we thought about ourselves and where we come from – but how accurate was Darwin in his ideas about human evolution? Professor...
Collection: The Fitzwilliam Museum Podcasts
Institution: Fitzwilliam Museum
Created: Tue 30 Jun 2009
5. 'Flaunting It' - Sexual Selection and the Art of Courtship
What evolutionary purpose does beauty serve? And why does the idea of 'female mate choice' not hold true when it comes to primates and humans? From peacocks' tails to the kinds of...
Collection: The Fitzwilliam Museum Podcasts
Institution: Fitzwilliam Museum
Created: Thu 2 Jul 2009
6. A Tour of 'Endless Forms': With Sir Paul Nurse
Nobel Prize-winning biologist and Rockefeller University President Sir Paul Nurse takes a tour of the exhibition 'Endless Forms', introducing his personal highlights from a...
Collection: The Fitzwilliam Museum Podcasts
Institution: Fitzwilliam Museum
Created: Mon 6 Jul 2009
7. Evolving Philosophy: With Professor Philip Kitcher
Can Darwinian ideas of evolution and adaptation really explain why we are how we are? Philosopher of science Professor Philip Kitcher explores the insights - and pitfalls - that...
Collection: The Fitzwilliam Museum Podcasts
Institution: Fitzwilliam Museum
Created: Tue 7 Jul 2009
8. Darwin, Hooker and the Venus Flytraps: With Sir Peter Crane
Sir Peter Crane, Former Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, talks about the fascinating friendship between Darwin and the botanist Joseph Hooker. (An audio-only podcast...
Collection: The Fitzwilliam Museum Podcasts
Institution: Fitzwilliam Museum
Created: Wed 8 Jul 2009
9. Humankind - A Troubling Future? With Lord Robert May
Lord Robert May, Former President of the Royal Society and UK Government Chief Advisor for Science explores the significance of Darwin and his 'unsolved problems' for the issues...
Collection: The Fitzwilliam Museum Podcasts
Institution: Fitzwilliam Museum
Created: Thu 9 Jul 2009
'Anglo-Saxon Art in the Round'
An introduction to the exhibition 'Anglo-Saxon Art in the Round' at The Fitzwilliam Museum (23 May - 7 September 2008), which explores the rich inventiveness of early medieval art...
Collection: The Fitzwilliam Museum Podcasts
Institution: Fitzwilliam Museum
Created: Mon 20 Oct 2008
'Art Works': Sessions for Young People at The Fitzwilliam Museum
A look at The Fitzwilliam Museum's 'Art Works' programme for young people aged 14-21. Education Officer Rachel Sinfield and local students discuss 'Source' and 'Head Space', the...
Collection: The Fitzwilliam Museum Podcasts
Institution: Fitzwilliam Museum
Created: Fri 17 Oct 2008
