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Leonard Baskin: Imaginary Artists, Kathya M. Lopez, Erica M. Schaumberg
Leonard Baskin: Imaginary Artists, Kathya M. Lopez, Erica M. Schaumberg
Schmucker Art Catalogs
Leonard Baskin (1922-2000) was an American sculptor, illustrator, and printmaker. He is perhaps best known as a figurative sculptor and a creator of monumental woodcuts. The Gehenna Press, Baskin’s private press, operated for over 50 years (1942-2000) and produced more than 100 volumes of fine art books. His most prominent public commissions include sculpture for the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial and the Woodrow Wilson Memorial, both in Washington D.C., and the Holocaust Memorial in Ann Arbor, MI. Baskin received numerous honors, among them a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Gold Medal of the National Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Jewish …
The History And Influence Of Maria Sibylla Merian's Bird-Eating Tarantula: Circulating Images And The Production Of Natural Knowledge, Kay Etheridge
The History And Influence Of Maria Sibylla Merian's Bird-Eating Tarantula: Circulating Images And The Production Of Natural Knowledge, Kay Etheridge
Biology Faculty Publications
Chapter Summary: A 2009 exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum on the confluence of science and the visual arts included a plate from a nineteenth-century encyclopedia owned by Charles Darwin showing a tarantula poised over a dead bird (figure 3.1).1 The genesis of this startling scene was a work by Maria Sibylla Merian (German, 1647–1717), and the history of this image says much about how knowledge of the New World was obtained, and how it was transmitted to the studies and private libraries of Europe, and from there into popular works like Darwin’s encyclopedia. It is unlikely that Merian ever imagined …
The Biology Of Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium, Kay Etheridge
The Biology Of Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium, Kay Etheridge
Biology Faculty Publications
Book Description: This facsimile of one of the most beautiful books of natural history ever created contains sixty magnificent illustrations showing exotic insects, with the original descriptions. The reissue is the same size as the original and is enriched with an illustrated introduction about the life, work and significance of Maria Sibylla Merian, and a new scientific description of all the insects, animals and plants.
The life and work of this German woman who moved to the Netherlands has been the subject of international research by botanists, entomologists and historians concerned with the history of science, art, religion and economics. …
Classical Bust, Angela M. Schmidt
Self-Portrait, Thomas C. Hanvey
War And "Equality", Brian P. Menna
Multiple Mac Perspectives, Victoria L. West
Dylan In A Gesture, Chelsea R. Kasten
Molly, Terry Ann Hayes
David, Brian P. Menna
Skeleton, Luis Alberto Ruiz Quintero
Makenzie Seiple, Makenzie M. Seiple
Jazz Club, Jennifer M. Kuzmik
Lemons, Erica J. Wiles
The Old Familiar Sting, Jaimie N. Schock
Jasmine, Makenzie M. Seiple
Face 2, Geoffrey D. Gaenslen