New Old Time
The Crystalline Kingdom: Dr. A. Schleyer and th...
In 1935, Dr. A. Schleyer published his Mineralogie as part of Das Naturreich in Bildern — a series of thirty chromolithographic plates documenting the mineral kingdom with hand-applied metallic finishes...
The Crystalline Kingdom: Dr. A. Schleyer and th...
In 1935, Dr. A. Schleyer published his Mineralogie as part of Das Naturreich in Bildern — a series of thirty chromolithographic plates documenting the mineral kingdom with hand-applied metallic finishes...
Before the Wing: Ernst Hofmann and the Chromoli...
In 1893, the German entomologist Ernst Hofmann published Die Raupen der Schmetterlinge Europas — The Caterpillars of European Butterflies and Moths — a chromolithographic atlas documenting the larvae of European...
Before the Wing: Ernst Hofmann and the Chromoli...
In 1893, the German entomologist Ernst Hofmann published Die Raupen der Schmetterlinge Europas — The Caterpillars of European Butterflies and Moths — a chromolithographic atlas documenting the larvae of European...
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...