#BlaschkaEveryday will start the Haeckel week. A Blaschka neigbhour based in Leipzig published Das Protistenreich (1878) and they copied a few including Heliosphaera actinota (645). Each hexagon is made of individual segment. Model from @NHM_London Pictures Guido Mocaficco.
#BlaschkaEveryday As we are following the Joseph Leydi trail here is a three part model: Amoeba proteus [631] showing three shapes this protist can take... drawing @corningmuseum chromos @BioDivLibrary and models @HumboldtUni
#BlaschkaEveryday is illustrating the legacy of J.Leydi and L. Blaschka with Diffuglia pyriformis [632, pear shaped protozoan] notice the broken glass pieces glued to the body. Model from @NHM_London, chromolithographs @BioDivLibrary and drawing from @corningmuseum. Enjoy!
#CephalopodWeek here you are with the glorious Jean-Baptiste Verany
So we now have a cornsake in our house and I could not resist digging in @BioDivLibrary to find an 1836 engraving of our Popcorn. Such a glorious resource...now T shirt and poster for his room
@solwaywalker @DublinDeadZoo @PaoloViscardi Blaschka anemones are not solely based on Gosse chromolithographs (less than 50%) but mainly on the US exploring expedition
On my way to @TheCrick, invited by @luxendo to give a talk and a workshop on #lightsheet so if you are around London let's get some socialism in the LISH soup!
Searching for the perfect PSF in a galaxy nearby!
#Blaschka Monday, Here is the direct relationship between Georges-Frédéric Cuvier and Leopold Blaschka? you cna see the drawing and glass copy
Francois Peron and Charles-Alexandre Lesueur, the latter drew magnificent jellyfishes in motion...and so published several books...
Today , #Blaschka Monday will take place in
@ICFOnians. I will give a talk on the blaschka family and stuff they put in their models! Come and join! n.556 based on Verany chromolithograph, Histiotehthis bonelliana (from Cornell Gallery)