Article ID: CBB001221526

Axes, Planes and Tubes, or the Geometry of Embryogenesis (2011)

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Brauckmann, Sabine (Author)


Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Volume: 42
Pages: 381--390


Publication Date: 2011
Edition Details: Part of a special section, “Cultures of Seeing Embryos”
Language: English

The paper presents selected figures of chick embryogenesis as depicted in the classic studies of Caspar Friedrich Wolff (1734--1794), Christian Heinrich Pander (1794--1865) and Karl Ernst von Baer (1792--1786). My main objective here is (1) to demonstrate how the imagery of Wolff, Pander and Baer attempted to project an image of a 3-dimensional rotating body into static figures on paper by means of linear contours, and (2) to ponder on the efficacy and pervasiveness of dots, lines and arrows for depicting embryogenesis. Highlights

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Authors & Contributors
Shilo, Benny
Maienschein, Jane
Henderson, Paul
Wellmann, Janina
Vermij, Rienk H.
Tammiksaar, Erki
Concepts
Visual representation; visual communication
Scientific illustration
Illustrations
Science and art
Embryology
Biology
Time Periods
18th century
19th century
20th century
21st century
20th century, late
20th century, early
Places
Netherlands
Italy
Sweden
Spain
Australia
Institutions
McGill University (Canada)
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