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better to hold the interest and attention of the class

Miko — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 14:18:41 -0800

Blackboard Sketching by Frederick Whitney, Director of Art, State Normal School, Salem, MA, 1908. The interface at archive.org is nice too.

Simply Incredible

Rhaomi — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 16:40:15 -0800

Stephen Biesty is an award-winning British illustrator famous for his bestselling "Incredible" series of engineering art books: Incredible Cross-Sections, Incredible Explosions, Incredible Body, and many more. A master draftsman, Biesty does not use computers or even rulers in composing his intricate and imaginative drawings, relying on nothing more than pen and ink, watercolor, and a steady hand. Over the years, he's adapted his work to many other mediums, including pop-up books, educational games (video), interactive history sites, and animation. You can view much of his work in the zoomable galleries on his professional page, or click inside for a full listing of direct links to high-resolution, desktop-quality copies from his and other sites, including several with written commentary from collaborator Richard Platt [site, .mp3 chat]. From the official site:

Cross-Sections Rescue Helicopter - Ocean Liner - Space Shuttle - Subway Station - Steam Train - Gatehouse - Spanish Galleon Exploded Views Athenian Trireme - Colosseum - Temple of Amun-Ra - Tomb Worker's Village - Acropolis - Roman Forum - Sandstone Quarry - Merchant's House Inside-out Views Notre Dame Cathedral - Hagia Sophia - Sydney Opera House - Temple of Amun-Ra - St. Paul's Cathedral - Globe Theater - Empire State Building - Ancient Parthenon Historical Panoramas London Bridge, 1559 - Versailles, 1785 - Nonsuch Palace, 1559 - Bruges, 1480 - Empire State Bldg., 2000 - Valley of the Kings, 1425 BC - Euston Station, 1851 - German Castle, 1465 Vehicle and Expedition Cutaways Magellan's Carrack - Airship Italia - Balloon Gondola - Irish Currach - Viking Ship construction - Chinese Treasure Ship - Caravanserai Inn - Columbus's Caravel Castle Cutaways Bodiam Castle, 1392 - Tower of London, 1533 - Krak des Chevalier, 1271 - Castel Sant'Angelo, 1527 - Osaka Castle, 1614 - Caernarfon Castle, 1320 - Chateau of Chambord, 1539 Commissioned work Royal Opera House - Millennium Dome - Tower Bridge - Tower Bridge construction (animated) Other: Vignettes and Portraits

From elsewhere (some with commentary): Saturn V - Human Body (Italian) - Chocolatemaking - U-Boat (annotated version)- Man-O-War (2, 3, 4) - Bathroom montage See also: A downloadable .zip file with dozens of cross-section illustrations (via) And if you like Biesty's style but want a more science-fictional bent, don't miss Incredible Cross-Sections of Star Wars (gallery) -- same publisher, same style, different illustrators, all with commentary.

Examples: Millennium Falcon - Imperial Star Destroyer - Jabba's Sail Barge - Sandcrawler - 40 more

Web Project Seeks to Digitize Religious Images for Theological Libraries

turbanhead — Wed, 16 Jul 2003 11:57:23 -0800

Web Project Seeks to Digitize Religious Images for Theological Libraries The American Theological Library Association's Cooperative Digital Resources Initiative aims to create a large database of religious images to spare research librarians the expense of digitizing documents that other institutions have already scanned

The Big Picture Book of Viruses

elgoose — Mon, 22 Apr 2002 08:34:29 -0800

The Big Picture Book of Viruses is "intended to serve as both a catalog of virus pictures on the Internet and as an educational resource to those seeking more information about viruses. To this end, it is intimately linked to All the Virology on the WWW, and our collection of Virology Courses and Tutorials." Interesting electron micrographs include pictures of Marburg and Ebola viruses and T-4 like phages. Once a bio geek, always a bio geek. And for some other information about why viruses always matter see The 1918 Influenza Pandemic (sorry the page design sucks but it's a good read) and The American Experience: Influenza 1918. Are you sure that runny nose is just allergies?