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netbanshee

15:12 / 15.07.02

Been scouring the web and periodicals for imagery for a new site/project, but haven't been having that much luck. I'm looking for images that have an old style flavor, relating to dissection, math formulae, anatomy, and science. Sort of on the Gray's anatomy tip but not really that specific. Possibly older engravings or line art.

Anyone know of any good sources...off-line or on-line..?

Logos

20:12 / 15.07.02

For anatomy, you might try searching for Vesalius' text on the topic. I know I got some nice scans off of that...

invisible_al

20:35 / 15.07.02

Theres a wonderful copyright free image shop just up the road from the Palace Theatre, the one doing Les Mis. Turn right past the Marquis of Granby Pub onto Earlham street and head along, its on the right, can't remember the name. I picked up a bunch of medeval woodcut books there £10 a shot, very useful, I'm pretty sure I remember stuff like anatomy books and the like.
Also closer to the pub end of the road is a cool design book shop you might poke your head in, some very very shiney stuff in there, expensive though.

grant

20:59 / 15.07.02

Posters and design elements from "Time Bandits" maybe?

My favorites for this sort of thing are old dictionaries and encyclopedias. I recently learned that the three volume Encyclopedia Britannica my better half put on the shelves in the dining room is actually a reprint of an edition from like 1803 or so. As in, it fpells words like fo, fometimes. And the illustrations KICK ASS. The section on "guns" is all cannons.
Oh, and Tibet and Burma are all part of "Indya".
So go to the library and look at the old encyclopedias.

netbanshee

22:17 / 15.07.02

...so far, so good...

Been putting off going to the library for some time...I live in Philadelphia so I'd be bound to services near here (thanks for the info inv. al). The Free Library here is gigantic...

Just getting lazy with trying to use the net as the primary resource...should know better...

Vesalius seems to be good, but was hoping not to drop too much coin on it. Maybe my aunt who does med research could slip me in to her resources...hmmm...

Kit-Cat Club

08:01 / 16.07.02

Dover publish the book invisible al's talking about, so you should still be able to get hold of them over there.

invisible_al

16:43 / 16.07.02

Thats the name, thanks Kit-Kat Club.
And a small Whoops, might be a bit of hassle getting to the shop not being on this side of the atlantic.

If you're up for ordering books from the internet they have a web page at Dover Bookshop at least it might give you some ideas of books to look out for.

Whats the score on sneaking into university libraries nearby? Know any students who'll let you get books out on their ticket? Art school librarys usually have a lot of cool stuff in.

netbanshee

23:13 / 20.07.02

Checked out a library in my hometown and got some nice math and science pics. Haven't been to it in many a year...a bit too quiet but lots of overlooked stuff. May run over the the old school and take out a Dover book or two...after I saw the site it conjured up seeing old etchings there. Sort of throws me off when I realize there are resources that aren't on the i-net...not good...

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