Scientific Illustration

thingsofthisworld:

KAISHI HEN, AN 18TH CENTURY JAPANESE ANATOMICAL ATLAS

awesomearchives:

THE HYGINUS STAR ATLAS (1482)

As with many other star atlases that would follow it, the positions of various stars are indicated overlaid on the image of each constellation.. however, the relative positions of the stars in the woodcuts bear little resemblance to the descriptions given by Hyginus in the text or the actual positions of the stars in the sky. As a result of the inaccuracy of the depicted star positions and the fact that the constellations are not shown with any context, the Poeticon astronomicon is not particularly useful as a guide to the night sky.

via Public Domain Review

nickoloz:

Human Anatomy / Анатомия человека (by My . December)

premierepage:

Atlas céleste composé d’un globe de douze pieds de circonférence du Père Coronelli auquel on a joint celui de M. l’abbé de La Caille.., 1782

artist-as-scientist:

A pictorial atlas of fossil remains
London :H.G. Bohn,1850.(by BioDivLibrary)

sarah-oconnell:

My completed rendering of the atlas of a horse! :D Done from life for my Dynamic Visualization for Scientific Illustration (aka Perspective) class. Carbon pencil on vellum.

I see a face in it, can you?

Completed May 2012.

ulaulaman:

Travels to the edge of time!

ce-sac-contient:

Haut les mains, peau de lapin !

in RASPAIL (F.-V.). Histoire naturelle de la santé et de la maladie chez les végétaux et chez les animaux en général et en particulier chez l’homme ; suivie du formulaire pour une nouvelle méthode de traitement hygiénique et curatif. Paris, 1846.

(via mudwerks)