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Art as Science, Science as Art
New Book Selections by Hannah Wolfe Documentaries Atlas of Human Anatomy and Surgery: The Complete Coloured Plates of 1831-1854 This book was a landmark in medical history, it is If you see Dana Wolfson not only very beautiful but incredibly thank her for introducing comprehensive. The lithographs are pinnacle of the library to Ironweed medical illustration still unsurpassed to this day. Film Club. Our new subscription means every Night Vision: The Secret Designs of Moths While moths are typically seen as drab in month you’ll see new comparison to butterflies the level of detail and “edgy, enlightening, variety in these images puts them in a new light. entertaining independent The scales and fur of the moths create intricate documentaries and short and delicate patterns in a lovely array of muted colors. films addressing provocative subjects and The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady progressive, forward- The journal of Edith Holden, a children's book thinking themes. illustrator, went undiscovered for 70 years until found in 1977. It is full of naturalistic illustrations Additionally, “each film is of the flora and fauna that Edith Holden presented with an encountered daily, along with anecdotes and organization committed to quotes. making a difference” so if Birds of America you find a particular topic John James Audubon, a naturalist, ornithologist compelling you have a and painter, decided to create a definitive guide to starting point for taking all the North American birds in 1820. While he action. only painted 497 out of over 700 birds in America, 435 of which are included in this book, more contemporary bird artists are still measured against his standard. New Mathematics Books Visions of Nature: The Art and Science of Ernst Haeckel Ernest Haeckel was both a zoologist and an illustrator. His illustration and writing, which was more accessible to the general public, popularized Darwin's work. His work, while it is realistic, is very ornamental and delicate.
Embryology of the Ovary and Testis
These cell plates have an element of chaos and The Princeton Professor order, and a wonderful quality of line. Another Companion to Stewart’s Cabinet excellent source of cell plate images that are more Mathematics of Mathematical orderly but just as fascinating is the periodical Curiosities Botany.
The Sol LeWitt Exhibit at MASS MoCA
Review by Alex Grimley You can The retrospective exhibition of Sol check out free LeWitt at MASS MoCA (on display until admission 2033) features no less than 80 of the Number and passes for artist's wall drawings spanning four Numbers Lewis Carroll MASS MoCA decades. Among the first conceptual in Numberland and the Clark artists, LeWitt would write instructions The Numbers Game: The Art Museum at the front desk for how a drawing was to be executed, Commonsense Guide to of Crossett sell it to a collector or museum and Understanding Numbers have his specialists create the drawing in the New, in Politics and Library. in Life. on site. Read the entire review here