Abstract
The development of scientific illustration in early modern Europe paralleled a rising interest in studying, collecting, and classifying the natural world. These practices gave rise to new methods of documenting and displaying nature and its products. Although early modern European artists and naturalists did not deliberately set out principles or rules for creating scientific images, a common set of practices emerged during the period that formed the foundation of scientific illustration into the modern period.
Original language | American English |
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Title of host publication | Europe 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World |
State | Published - 2004 |
Keywords
- Andreas Vesalius
- Robert Hooke
- Sibylla Merian
- anatomy and physiology
- museums
- natural history
EGS Disciplines
- Illustration
- Other History of Art, Architecture, and Archaeology
- Science and Technology Studies