{"id":3213,"date":"2021-01-02T20:01:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-02T20:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/desres20.netornot.at\/?p=3213"},"modified":"2021-01-30T19:01:18","modified_gmt":"2021-01-30T19:01:18","slug":"scientific-illustration-02","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/desres20.netornot.at\/?p=3213","title":{"rendered":"Scientific Illustration 02"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">The American Museum of Natural History created two informative videos about Natural Histories, an exhibition about scientific illustration, naming historically important pieces. Curator Melanie Stiassney states that illustration is able to subtly highlight the features which are important for a particular species in a way photography necessarily can\u2019t. In some cases the depicted species is extinct today, so our only way to learn about them is to read and look at the historic illustration.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube aligncenter wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Natural Histories: Scientific Illustration on Display\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5AwGlVqKQKU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Natural Histories: Scientific Illustration on Display by the American Museum of Natural History<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Natural Histories: Rare Books from the AMNH Library\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HeaNgNfeXBc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Natural Histories: Rare Books from the AMNH Library by the American Museum of Natural History<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\">Additionally they created a video about printing techniques for historic scientific illustration. It explains how woodcut, engraving, lithography and chromolithography work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\"><strong>Woodcut:<\/strong> Originally used as a fabric printing technique, but got adopted by book illustrators. It worked like a stamp.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\"><strong>Engraving:<\/strong> Gravers or burins were used to inscribe lines into copper plates. Ink would be spread onto the plate. Excess ink would be wiped off and a damp sheet of paper would be placed on top of the plate. A roller would be used to put pressure on the paper to press the ink onto the sheet.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\"><strong>Lithography:<\/strong> For lithography very fine grained stone, usually lime, was used.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\"><strong>Chromolithography:<\/strong> Printing in color by using multiple stones: one stone for each color. Later on a technique using only four stones (three colors + black) was invented.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rare Book Collection: Printing Techniques for Scientific Illustrations\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8HumjWVBClA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Rare Book Collection: Printing Techniques for Scientific Illustrations by the American Museum of Natural History<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The American Museum of Natural History created two informative videos about Natural Histories, an exhibition about scientific illustration, naming historically important pieces. 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