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Prehistoric Monsters
The Real and Imagined Creatures of the Past That We Love to Fear
Häftad, 2009
362 kr
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Over centuries, discoveries of fossil bones spawned legends of monsters such as giants and dragons. As the field of earth sciences matured during the 19th century, early fossilists gained understanding of prehistoric creatures such as Tyrannosaurus, Triceratops and Stegosaurus. This historical …
Dinosaur Sculpting
A Complete Guide, 2d ed.
Av Allen A. Debus, Bob Morales m. fl.
Häftad, 2013
638 kr
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This new book, greatly expanded from the 1995 first edition, describes detailed, step-by-step procedures for sculpting, molding and painting original prehistoric animals. It emphasizes the use of relatively inexpensive materials including oven-hardening polymer clay and wire. Additional tips are …
Dinosaurs in Fantastic Fiction
A Thematic Survey
Häftad, 2013
429 kr
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From the first illustrated edition of Jules Verne's Journey to the Center of the Earth in 1867, dinosaurs and prehistory have fascinated readers. Writers would time and again come back to dinosaurs as an element of fantastic fiction, often using these creatures--through the venue of the written …
Dinosaurs Ever Evolving
The Changing Face of Prehistoric Animals in Popular Culture
Häftad, 2016
373 kr
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From their discovery in the 19th century to the dawn of the Nuclear Age, dinosaurs were seen in popular culture as ambassadors of the geological past and as icons of the "life through time" narrative of evolution. They took on a more foreboding character during the Cold War, serving as a warning to …
Dinosaur Memories
Dino-Trekking for Beasts of Thunder, Fantastic Saurians, ''Paleo-People,'' ''Dinosaurabilia,'' and Other ''Prehistoria''
Av Diane E. Debus, Allen A. Debus
E-bok, 2002
53 kr
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Dinosaur memories are hard to forget! Most who revel in the current renaissance in dinosaur science, art, fiction and movies, or who enjoy the other appealing prehistoric animals so well popularized by the media have fond recollections of what it was like growing up dinosaur. Together with wife …
Kong, Godzilla and the Living Earth
Gaian Environmentalism in Daikaiju Cinema
Häftad, 2022
487 kr
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During the 2010s, science fiction's immortal adversaries King Kong and Godzilla, representing our conflicts per Carl Sagan's "dream dragons" analogy, made comebacks in American cinema. The blockbuster Kaiju resurged onto the screen, depicting these protectors of an Earth plagued by mankind's hubris …
When the Asteroid Hits
Earth Impacts and Extinction Events in Popular Culture
Häftad, 2024
601 kr
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The incomprehensible notion of a very large chunk of ice or rock from outer space smashing into the Earth has only become mainstream within the past two centuries. Though early writers imagined the utterly fantastic consequences of comet collisions and speculated on the devastation they might …
Paleoimagery
The Evolution of Dinosaurs in Art
Av Allen A. Debus, Diane E. Debus
Häftad, 2011
478 kr
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Other than seeing them in popular movies such as Jurassic Park, how do people today know what dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals looked like? Only their fossils remain, but thanks to paleoartists most people have a good idea of what these creatures looked like.The world of paleoart and its …
