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Charles R. Knight : the artist who saw through time
Title:
Charles R. Knight : the artist who saw through time
Author:
Milner, Richard, 1941-

Knight, Charles Robert, 1874-1953
ISBN:
9780810984790
Publication Information:
New York : Abrams, 2012
Physical Description:
180 p. : ill. ; 26 cm
General Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents:
Remembering Toppy, my grandfather / by Rhoda Knight Kalt -- Charles R. Knight : a wildlife artist grows in Brooklyn -- It's all happening at the zoo -- Obsessed with heads and horns -- Buffalo dusk -- Elephant Palace in the Bronx -- An artist among the scientists -- Cats -- The tiger -- Hoofed animals -- The world of birds -- Extinct birds -- Deep-sea drama -- On drawing animals -- Cousins beneath the skin -- Animal moods and psychology -- A date with destiny, or, Two weeks in Philadelphia -- Dinosaurs -- Brontosaurus -- Allosaurus -- Stegosaurus --Tyrannosaurus -- Extinct mammals -- La Brea Tar Pits -- Horses -- Meaner than Old King Kong -- Hanging by a thread -- Sebring's sabre-tooth cats -- Wit and whimsy -- The artist as critic -- Cave men and cave paintings -- Ice Age -- Mammoths on parade -- A starry Knight -- Preserving Knight's legacy -- A dream of Dinoland Park -- How the dinosaurs escaped.
Subject:
Knight, Charles Robert, 1874-1953 -- Themes, motives
Wildlife artists -- United States -- Biography
Natural history illustrators -- United States -- Biography