Abstract
Louis Pasteur’s published study of the French silkworm pandemic (1865-1870) helped visualise the invisible world.By hybridising drawing, painting, print, and photography, Pasteur transformed his silkworm study into a site of both
scientific and visual experimentation. This essay examines how Pasteur mobilised new media to categorise and visualise the vast cultural ecology that had shaped France’s silkworm disease.
scientific and visual experimentation. This essay examines how Pasteur mobilised new media to categorise and visualise the vast cultural ecology that had shaped France’s silkworm disease.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 129-147 |
| Journal | Antennae: the journal of nature in visual culture |
| Issue number | 49 |
| Publication status | Published - 6 Dec 2019 |