Über Blaschkas Glasmodelle und die zeitgenössische Naturgeschichte, mit einem Anhang über Brendels botanische Modelle
By: Henri Reiling
Publisher: Verlag für Wissenschaft und Bildung
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Berlin
Language: ger
Number of pages: 282
Subjects: Glass blowing and working; Glass craft; Zoological artists
Other titles: On the Blaschkas' glass models and contemporary natural history, with an appendix on the Brendels' botanical models.
Description: The glass animal models from the workshop of Leopold Blaschka and his son Rudolf Blaschka in Dresden are highlighted in connection with contemporary natural history. From 1887 onwards, the father and son Blaschka made their most well-known pieces: the botanical models that became known as The Glass Flowers of Harvard, made for the Harvard University in Cambridge MA. In Europe, however, botanical models produced by Robert Brendel (ca. 1821-1898) and his son Reinhold Brendel (ca. 1861-1927) were widely utilized. These teaching aids are discussed in a separate appendix.
Notes: In: Natur und Kultur: Biologie im Spannungsfeld von Naturphilosophie und Darwinismus, ed. by Joachim Kaasch and Michael Kaasch (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Geschichte und Theorie der Biologie. Jahrestagung (15th : 2006 : Neuburg an der Donau, Germany; and 16th : 2007 : Bonn, Germany)) (Verhandlungen zur Geschichte und Theorie der Biologie ; Bd. 14), p. 267-282.

Includes bibliographical references.

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