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The Lepidoptera of Ceylon by Moore, Frederic, 1830-1907 ~ https://t.co/lwHCdFmpa5 #fungi #butterflies #birds #nature #book #archive #scientificillustration
In 1633, the government put Galileo Galilei on house arrest until his death in 1642, for writing that the planets circle around the sun. Government cancelled him and silenced open scientific debate. Government (power and force) versus science (ideas and debate), classic.
Illustrations of new species of exotic butterflies : selected chiefly from the collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson -1806-1878- ~ https://t.co/F8Slptg9wO #fungi #butterflies #birds #nature #book #archive #scientificillustration
Pilze der Heimat ; eine Auswahl der verbreitesten, essbaren ungeniessbaren und giftigen Pilze unserer Wlder -1913- ~ https://t.co/S2uBd1wDyP #fungi #butterflies #birds #nature #book #archive #scientificillustration
It just goes to show how a really imaginative person can take something as cold and straight forward as scientific facts, throw in his own fascination with the unknown, and spin a totally out-there weird fiction story that, 60 years later, lives on as a cult classic movie.
Iconographie des champignons de Paulet, recueil de 217 planches dessinées d'après nature by Léveillé, Joseph Henri, 1796-1870; Paulet, Jean-Jacques, 1740-1826 ~ https://t.co/UWHibWHtsA #fungi #butterflies #birds #nature #book #archive #scientificillustration
DALL-E also appears to associate greater naturalism and detail to the 17th c. compared to the 16th (though not always). This also fits a conventional narrative re. the development of scientific image-making in this period. But, again, things are not that straightforward!
The Lepidoptera of Ceylon by Moore, Frederic, 1830-1907 ~ https://t.co/lwHCdFmpa5 #fungi #butterflies #birds #nature #book #archive #scientificillustration
Iconographie des champignons de Paulet, recueil de 217 planches dessinées d'après nature by Léveillé, Joseph Henri, 1796-1870; Paulet, Jean-Jacques, 1740-1826 ~ https://t.co/UWHibWHtsA #fungi #butterflies #birds #nature #book #archive #scientificillustration
The figure represents the main features of Cyanea Capillata jellyfish, characterized by her four developmental stages.
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#science #scientificart #jellyfish #nature #natureart #wildlife #animals #traditionalart #art #conservation #biodiversity #ocean
Iconographie des champignons de Paulet, recueil de 217 planches dessinées d'après nature by Léveillé, Joseph Henri, 1796-1870; Paulet, Jean-Jacques, 1740-1826 ~ https://t.co/UWHibWqqqA #fungi #butterflies #birds #nature #book #archive #scientificillustration
Illustrations of new species of exotic butterflies : selected chiefly from the collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson -1806-1878- ~ https://t.co/kMUF2Clqlk #fungi #butterflies #birds #nature #book #archive #scientificillustration
2012: Dishonored
You're telling me there's a whalepunk stealth game with so much flavor text in the form of readable documents that half my playtime is reading in-universe scientific treatises on the inhumanity of the practice of whaling and Jules Verne-ass science fiction?
ว้าว เพิ่งเคยเข้าไปดูใน Biodiversity Heritage Library เป็นคลังข้อมูลที่รวมเอกสารเกี่ยวกับพืช/สัตว์/ความหลากหลายทางชีวภาพไว้เยอะมากก ภาพ botanical / scientific illustration ดูเพลินมากค่ะ
อันนี้อัลบั้มภาพ https://t.co/evj57jBxWQ
Iconographie des champignons de Paulet, recueil de 217 planches dessinées d'après nature by Léveillé, Joseph Henri, 1796-1870; Paulet, Jean-Jacques, 1740-1826 ~ https://t.co/UWHibWHtsA #fungi #butterflies #birds #nature #book #archive #scientificillustration
Illustrations of new species of exotic butterflies : selected chiefly from the collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson -1806-1878- ~ https://t.co/n3a8jY5cyt #fungi #butterflies #birds #nature #book #archive #scientificillustration
Iconographie des champignons de Paulet, recueil de 217 planches dessinées d'après nature by Léveillé, Joseph Henri, 1796-1870; Paulet, Jean-Jacques, 1740-1826 ~ https://t.co/UWHibWHtsA #fungi #butterflies #birds #nature #book #archive #scientificillustration
The Lepidoptera of Ceylon by Moore, Frederic, 1830-1907 ~ https://t.co/lwHCdFmpa5 #fungi #butterflies #birds #nature #book #archive #scientificillustration
Naturgetreue Abblidungen und Beschreibungen der essbaren by Krombholz, J. V. - 1831 ~ https://t.co/iI2hJkDxnD #fungi #butterflies #birds #nature #book #archive #scientificillustration
THATS RIGHT EVERYTHINGS A GALAHAD AND SCIENTIFIC WITCHERY REFERENCE (also happy Chinese Valentine’s Day)