For a Science Art caption, see the Frontispiece
Portrait of Robert Cheseman, 1533, by Hans Holbein the Younger
23 ¼ x 24 3/5 in. (59 x 62.5 cm)
Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis, The Hague. After restoration, 2004.Copyrights are vested in the Friends of the Mauritshuis Foundation–The Hague–Holland.
© 2008 Darryl Wheye and Donald Kennedy |
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Preface What is Science Art
Foreword Art, Science, & Birds by Paul R. Ehrlich
Introduction
LOWER GALLERY Bird Art over the Millennia
Room 1 Birds as Icons
Room 2 Birds as Resources for Human Use
Room 3 Birds as Teaching Tools
Room 4 Birds and Understanding Biology
Room 5 Birds and Promoting Conservation
MEZZANINE Thinking about Aesthetics, Bird
Art, and Nature
UPPER GALLERY How Science and Art Overlap
Room 6 Science Art as Its Own Category
Room 7 Content, Style, and Medium
Room 8 The Importance of Captions
Room 9 From Public to Virtual Venues
Room 10 Science Art, Birds, and Nature
Appendix 1 Timeline Linking the Study of
Birds, Technology, and Art
Appendix 2 A Science Art Checklist
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Illustration Credits
Index |
