New Old Time
The Light of Delft: Johannes Vermeer, The Littl...
Johannes Vermeer painted only two surviving cityscapes of his hometown of Delft — The Little Street, now in the Rijksmuseum, and View of Delft, now in the Mauritshuis. Together they...
The Light of Delft: Johannes Vermeer, The Littl...
Johannes Vermeer painted only two surviving cityscapes of his hometown of Delft — The Little Street, now in the Rijksmuseum, and View of Delft, now in the Mauritshuis. Together they...
The Iris Under the Microscope: Arnold Dodel-Por...
In 1892, the Swiss botanist Arnold Dodel-Port published his Anatomisch-Physiologischer Atlas der Botanik — the Anatomical-Physiological Atlas of Botany — from the University of Zurich. Among its most celebrated plates...
The Iris Under the Microscope: Arnold Dodel-Por...
In 1892, the Swiss botanist Arnold Dodel-Port published his Anatomisch-Physiologischer Atlas der Botanik — the Anatomical-Physiological Atlas of Botany — from the University of Zurich. Among its most celebrated plates...
Luminous Precision: Arentina Hendrica Arendsen ...
Between 1872 and 1881, the Dutch botanical illustrator Arentina Hendrica Arendsen painted garden flowers and exotic species with a luminous precision that placed her among the finest botanical watercolourists of...
Luminous Precision: Arentina Hendrica Arendsen ...
Between 1872 and 1881, the Dutch botanical illustrator Arentina Hendrica Arendsen painted garden flowers and exotic species with a luminous precision that placed her among the finest botanical watercolourists of...
The Room Where Learning Happened: D. Englert an...
In 1867, a German illustrator named D. Englert documented the interior of a typical German schoolroom with the precision of a technical draughtsman — the wooden desks, the benches, the...
The Room Where Learning Happened: D. Englert an...
In 1867, a German illustrator named D. Englert documented the interior of a typical German schoolroom with the precision of a technical draughtsman — the wooden desks, the benches, the...
The Plant That Changed the World: J. Miller, Jo...
In 1774, a botanical illustrator named J. Miller engraved the coffee plant with scientific precision for one of the great botanical publications of the Enlightenment. In 1840, John Ellis documented...
The Plant That Changed the World: J. Miller, Jo...
In 1774, a botanical illustrator named J. Miller engraved the coffee plant with scientific precision for one of the great botanical publications of the Enlightenment. In 1840, John Ellis documented...
Stone Time: Friedrich Rolle, Schubert's Naturge...
In 1886, a German paleontologist named Friedrich Rolle produced a series of chromolithograph plates of fossil specimens for Schubert's Naturgeschichte that turned the science of paleontology into something approaching art....
Stone Time: Friedrich Rolle, Schubert's Naturge...
In 1886, a German paleontologist named Friedrich Rolle produced a series of chromolithograph plates of fossil specimens for Schubert's Naturgeschichte that turned the science of paleontology into something approaching art....