Konceptualna ilustracja naukowa Fritza Kahna
Fritz Kahn’s Conceptual Scientific Illustration
Author(s): Mateusz LeszkowiczSubject(s): Cultural history, Social history
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: conceptual scientific illustration; visual history; history of instructional media; visual education; Fritz Kahn; infographic concepts; modernity; graphic design
Summary/Abstract: The paper outlines the origin, development, applications, and impact of conceptual scientific illustration, developed in the early 20th century by Fritz Kahn, a German gynecologist, publisher and popularizer of science. These illustrations explains how things work via concepts, metaphors and illusion. This is in contrast to the descriptive anatomical and natural illustrations of 19th-century paintings which show what things look like. The article presents the systematics of the main types of illustrations by F. Kahn and reflects on reception thereof.
Journal: Biuletyn Historii Wychowania
- Issue Year: 2021
- Issue No: 44
- Page Range: 141-158
- Page Count: 18
- Language: Polish
