Anima vegetativa Florale Animationen in bildender Kunst, Film und Tanz Frankreichs um 1900

Do plants have a soul? This first-ever study examines how the invisible souls of plants were depicted in French art, film, dance and science around 1900, including the way these depictions were melded with religious and biological concepts. The aesthetic and pictorial history of post-evolutionary anima vegetativa shows how plant animism questioned conceptions of nature, perception and power, and, by extension, the special status of human beings.