Why Chinese Art Is Swarming with Colonies of Tiny Bats
If the bat is an animal associated with spooky stories in the West, the bat motif has a whole different connotation in China, where the creatures symbolize good luck.
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Author: Joe Senior
The First Printed Illustration of a Modern Dissection
To comprehend the human body, it’s necessary for the physician to understand its inner-workings. Yet dissection has long been a complex and controversial task.
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Digitally Explore a 1,000-Year-Old Illustrated Guide to Plants and Their Medical Uses
Cotton MS Vitellius C III is the only surviving Old English illustrated book describing plants and their uses.
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Type & Thyme: the first printed herbals
Since before agricultural civilization, humans have used plants for their special properties – to nourish and heal, to harm and to poison.
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Illustrating inclusive communities
Hi there, thanks for stopping by! Today we’re taking a quick look into how we approach designing for communities at Airtasker — particularly in terms of illustration. One of our overarching goals is to keep in mind one of the biggest issues our society is facing: the freedom of embracing diversity.
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