Book ID: CBB000850359

A History of Paleontology Illustration (2008)

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Davidson, Jane Pierce (Author)


Indiana University Press


Publication Date: 2008
Physical Details: xvi + 217 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

Description On the history of representation (including painting, drawing, sculpture, and museum dioramas) in scientific and popular paleontology from the 15th century to the present, including studies of such genres as children’s textbooks and film.


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Review Brysse, Keynyn (2009) Review of "A History of Paleontology Illustration". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 377). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Nasim, Omar W.
Christy Anderson
Anne Dunlop
Lederer, Roger J.
Juan Pimentel Igea
Olivares Sandoval, Omar
Concepts
Scientific illustration
Visual representation; visual communication
Science and art
Drawing; designing
Painters and painting
Natural history
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
Early modern
Ancient
17th century
16th century
Places
Herculaneum
Pompeii (Italy)
Netherlands
Spain
France
Rome (Italy)
Institutions
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli
McGill University (Canada)
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