Comments on: Seeing is believing

Seeing is believing

dhruva — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 18:55:44 -0800

Seeing is believing : Illustrations were essential in spreading new scientific and medical ideas and it was often the case that new developments in the sciences were accompanied by corresponding developments in illustrative techniques.

By: ab3

ab3 — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 19:32:30 -0800

i see it, but i can't believe there's only one link up there... that being said, it does seem pretty interesting, but i do wish there were a bit more explanation/justificaton for the link to go along with it...

By: hattifattener

hattifattener — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 19:52:04 -0800

I was intrigued by the collection of botanical glass models at Harvard. Not illustration, technically, but service the same purpose.

By: dhruva

dhruva — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 19:58:44 -0800

hattifattener: see also.

By: tellurian

tellurian — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 23:54:18 -0800

I recently stumbled across these instructional medical posters from 1930's Beirut.

By: homodigitalis

homodigitalis — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 05:27:19 -0800

Illustration is a much shunned art these days in print - TV animation has taken over to 'explain the world'. But I can spent hours enjoying old masters and books.