New Old Time
Jacob Sturm and the German Tradition of Botanic...
In nineteenth-century Germany, botanical education was a serious enterprise — and the illustrated plate was its primary instrument. Jacob Sturm’s Naturgeschichte des Pflanzenreichs brought together multiple species on a single...
Jacob Sturm and the German Tradition of Botanic...
In nineteenth-century Germany, botanical education was a serious enterprise — and the illustrated plate was its primary instrument. Jacob Sturm’s Naturgeschichte des Pflanzenreichs brought together multiple species on a single...
Ulisse Aldrovandi and the Renaissance Invention...
In the sixteenth century, a group of Italian and Northern European naturalists did something that had never been done before: they looked at plants with the combined eyes of a...
Ulisse Aldrovandi and the Renaissance Invention...
In the sixteenth century, a group of Italian and Northern European naturalists did something that had never been done before: they looked at plants with the combined eyes of a...
Flore Médicale: Turpin and the Art of French Bo...
In 1814, as Napoleon's empire was collapsing, a group of French botanists and artists produced one of the most beautiful works of scientific illustration ever published. The Flore médicale documented...
Flore Médicale: Turpin and the Art of French Bo...
In 1814, as Napoleon's empire was collapsing, a group of French botanists and artists produced one of the most beautiful works of scientific illustration ever published. The Flore médicale documented...
The Language of Flowers: Robert Tyas and the Vi...
In Victorian England, flowers were not merely decorative. They were a language — a system of symbolic communication so widely understood that a carefully composed bouquet could convey declarations of...
The Language of Flowers: Robert Tyas and the Vi...
In Victorian England, flowers were not merely decorative. They were a language — a system of symbolic communication so widely understood that a carefully composed bouquet could convey declarations of...
The Iconography of London: How a City Became a ...
Few cities in the world are as instantly recognisable as London. The red double-decker bus, the black cab, the telephone box, the roundel of the Underground, the silhouette of Big...
The Iconography of London: How a City Became a ...
Few cities in the world are as instantly recognisable as London. The red double-decker bus, the black cab, the telephone box, the roundel of the Underground, the silhouette of Big...
The Zodiac Goes Psychedelic: Astrology and Grap...
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, astrology underwent a visual transformation. The zodiac signs — ancient symbols with roots in Babylonian astronomy — were reimagined by a generation of...
The Zodiac Goes Psychedelic: Astrology and Grap...
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, astrology underwent a visual transformation. The zodiac signs — ancient symbols with roots in Babylonian astronomy — were reimagined by a generation of...