{"id":22581,"date":"2010-10-12T11:33:43","date_gmt":"2010-10-12T15:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=22581"},"modified":"2011-05-31T12:40:00","modified_gmt":"2011-05-31T16:40:00","slug":"the-art-of-scientific-illustration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2010\/10\/the-art-of-scientific-illustration\/","title":{"rendered":"The Art of Scientific Illustration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Art of Scientific Illustration, featuring artists from the New England Chapter of the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators, is on display at the Connecticut State Museum of Natural History through Nov. 24. The exhibit is a diverse display of science illustration that highlights the range of styles, techniques, and subjects that exist in the field today.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22505\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22505\" style=\"width: 295px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/illustration_bumble-bee_lg.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22505  img-responsive lazyload\" title=\"Bumble bee.\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/illustration_bumble-bee_lg.jpg\" alt=\"illustration_bumble-bee_lg\" width=\"295\" height=\"370\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/illustration_bumble-bee_lg.jpg 400w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/illustration_bumble-bee_lg-240x300.jpg 240w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 295px) 100vw, 295px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 295px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 295\/370;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22505\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bumble bee (Bombus impatiens). Acrylic illustration on illustration board, by Kim Schmidt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22508\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22508\" style=\"width: 259px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/illustration_Milkweed_lg.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22508  img-responsive lazyload\" title=\"Native Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) and Invasive Black Swallowwort (Cynanchum lousea).\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/illustration_Milkweed_lg.jpg\" alt=\"illustration_Milkweed_lg\" width=\"259\" height=\"370\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/illustration_Milkweed_lg.jpg 350w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/illustration_Milkweed_lg-210x300.jpg 210w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 259px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 259\/370;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22508\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Native Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) and Invasive Black Swallowwort (Cynanchum lousea). Watercolor illustration by Frances Topping<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22510\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22510\" style=\"width: 371px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/illustration_Thrush_lg.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22510  img-responsive lazyload\" title=\"Gray-cheeked Thrush (Catharus minimus).\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/illustration_Thrush_lg.jpg\" alt=\"illustration_Thrush_lg\" width=\"371\" height=\"285\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/illustration_Thrush_lg.jpg 650w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/illustration_Thrush_lg-300x230.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 371px) 100vw, 371px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 371px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 371\/285;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22510\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gray-cheeked Thrush (Catharus minimus). Colored pencil illustration by Kim Schmidt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22509\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22509\" style=\"width: 206px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/illustration_Thrombopoiesis_lg.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22509  img-responsive lazyload\" title=\"Thrombopoiesis.\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/illustration_Thrombopoiesis_lg.jpg\" alt=\"illustration_Thrombopoiesis_lg\" width=\"206\" height=\"285\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/illustration_Thrombopoiesis_lg.jpg 360w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/illustration_Thrombopoiesis_lg-216x300.jpg 216w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 206px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 206\/285;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22509\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thrombopoiesis, or the generation of cells that play a key role in blood clotting. Digital illustration by Mark Lefkowitz<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22506\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22506\" style=\"width: 398px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Illustration_geese.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22506  img-responsive lazyload\" title=\"Wet Feet Canada Geese.\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Illustration_geese.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration_geese\" width=\"398\" height=\"198\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Illustration_geese.jpg 700w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Illustration_geese-300x150.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 398px) 100vw, 398px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 398px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 398\/198;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22506\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wet Feet Canada Geese. Oil illustration by Amy Bartlett Wright<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22507\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22507\" style=\"width: 222px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/illustration_Insects_lg.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22507  img-responsive lazyload\" title=\"Insects of the world.\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/illustration_Insects_lg.jpg\" alt=\"illustration_Insects_lg\" width=\"222\" height=\"198\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/illustration_Insects_lg.jpg 560w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/illustration_Insects_lg-300x267.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 222px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 222\/198;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22507\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Insects of the World. Prismacolor colored pencil illustration on Cronaflex film by Virge Kask<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gray-cheeked Thrush, a colored pencil illustration, is part of a Museum of Natural History exhibit highlighting the range of styles, techniques, and subjects in the field of scientific illustration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69,1],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[40],"class_list":["post-22581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gallery","category-uncategorized"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-09 14:56:00","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22581"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22581\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37076,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22581\/revisions\/37076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22581"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=22581"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=22581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}