"Illuminating nature: spotlights on natural history illustration from cave
paintings to photographs."
8-10 May 2003
Florence, Italy
14th International Conference and AGM for the Society for the History of
Natural History
first announcement and call for papers
This meeting will focus on how illustrations portray the world of natural
history, the information derived from them and the techniques used to
achieve these ends.
Provisional Themes are:
7 Markings on bone and stone, the significance and boundaries
of paleo-iconography:
7 Papyrus, parchment, and paper: the foundations of natural
history illustration, combining image and text
7 Reaching mass markets, from woodblock print to photograph.
7 "Old wine in new bottles": repackaging images for a digital
age
Contact: Gina Douglas, Meetings Secretary, SHNH. [log in to unmask]
Details will appear on the SHNH Web site: www.shnh.org
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Dr Joe Cain
Department of Science and Technology Studies
University College London
Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT Britain
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