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anatomical painting
Posted on March 8, 2013 via baby bum with 156 notes
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Artistic interpretations of sea life, birds, and reptiles
Between the beginning of the Scientific Revolution (which began in the mid-17th century) and the early-19th Century movement towards dry and clinical accuracy in both anatomical and zoological illustrations, there was a period of extravagance, showiness, and artistic expression in the sciences.
Instead of being solely geared towards other scientists, the artists sought to entice the general public and show off their vast collections, in many of their works. This can be seen in the medical illustrations of Frederick Ruysch, as well as here, in the zoological illustrations of Albertus Seba.
[h/t to Biodiversity Library’s blog for tipping me off to the interesting connections between two collections already in my archive]
Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri accurata descripto, tome II & III. Albetus Seba, 1735.
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Georgius Dionysius Ehret. Plantae et papiliones rariores (1748).
http://imgbase-scd-ulp.u-strasbg.fr/displayimage.php?pos=-8262
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Elizabeth Blackwell
1757
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A Kingfisher watching fish (artist unknown) between 1701 and 1800. Ink and colour on paper.
Brooklyn Museum Wikimedia. -
The Common Striped Squirrel (Palm Squirrel) Funambulus palmarum on a Tamarind Tree (1812-13).
Oriental Memoirs, Vol. III, by James Forbes ,1812-13. Drawn and painted in Bombay around 1779.
Image and text Wikimedia.
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Two butterflies ( 18th century) by Claude Aubriet (1665-1742).
Source http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b78835792.r=.langFR Wikimedia
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P.J. Buchoz
1783
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“Little did Ai know, his portrait would inspire thousands of awkward high school portraits, more than 250 years later.”
Image: Maned three-toed sloth - Bradypus torquatus.
From Verzameling van uitlandsche en zeldzamme vogelen, benevens eenige vreemde dieren en plantgewassen. George Edwards and M. Catesby, 1781. -
