Would you care if someone called a cat a mouse in the description of a medieval painting? What if books on plants were illustrated with the wrong plants? Botanical errors can be just as egregious as those involving art history, foodstuffs and other products. This delightful website looks at botanical mistakes in commercial and public venues and offers up educational information and commentary on...
The BSA has just made available online the entirety of its teaching slide collection, totalling 799 photos. Users can access the images by browsing fourteen topical slide sets or via a keyword search engine. Images are offered as thumbnailed JPEGs which link to medium-resolution images. High-resolution images are also available. Links at the top of each slide set thumbnail page lead to a text list...
The wonderful Eye of Science project began in 1994, and is currently under the direction of Oliver Meckes and Nicole Ottawa. As their philosophic statement on this website states, "Our aim is to combine scientific exactness with aesthetic appearances, and thereby help to bridge the gap between the world of science and the world of art." In order to help serve this mission, they have placed...