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
Egmond, Florike
Christy Anderson
Anne Dunlop
Lederer, Roger J.
Juan Pimentel Igea
Olivares Sandoval, Omar
Journals
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Nuncius: Annali di Storia della Scienza
Notes and Records: The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science
Leonardo
Journal of the History of Collections
Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Publishers
Marcial Pons
Andre Deutsch
Yale University Press
WBOOKS
University of Chicago Press
The MIT Press
Concepts
Scientific illustration
Visual representation; visual communication
Science and art
Drawing; designing
Painters and painting
Natural history
People
Velasco, José María
Snyders, Frans
Butterworth, Elizabeth
Taylor White
Wolff, Caspar Friedrich
Gesner, Konrad
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
Early modern
16th century
Ancient
17th century
Places
Herculaneum
Pompeii (Italy)
Netherlands
Switzerland
Spain
France
Institutions
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli
McGill University (Canada)
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