Category: Our Heroes
Behold: “The Temple of Flora”
At SpaceWhale we previously wrote a short post on one of Thornton’s magnificent works but we feel we needed to feature him on a lengthier post as he very well deserves. Robert John Thornton (1768–1837) was an English physician and botanical writer noted for “A New Illustration of the Sexual System of Carolus Von Linnæus”…
Louis Agassiz Fuertes
This week we have the pleasure of introducing you to Louis Agassiz Fuertes (1874-1927). Louis was an American ornithologist, illustrator, and artist who set the rigorous and current-day standards for ornithological art and naturalist depiction and is considered as one of the most prolific American bird artists, second only to his guiding professional predecessor John…
The Temple of Flora
The plates in Robert John Thornton’s (c. 1768–1837) The Temple of Flora remain outstanding and unique. Neither before nor after Thornton has anyone created such compellingly images of flowers, set portrait-like in their typical landscapes, though his attempt to publish The Temple of Flora bankrupted him. This beautiful print of the The Night–Blowing Cereus depicts…
Karl Blossfeldt
Karl Blossfeldt (1865 –1932) was a German photographer, sculptor, teacher, and artist who worked in Berlin, Germany. He is best known for his close-up photographs of plants and living things. He was inspired by nature and the ways in which plants grow. He believed that ‘the plant must be valued as a totally artistic and…
Happy birthday Alan! A giant of an intellect an a constant inspiration for all of us as the Father of modern computing and one of the very first people to theorise the possibility of artificial intelligence! War Hero Alan Turing who help decipher the Nazi code probably saving hundreds of thousand of lives. He was…
