Konrad von Gesner

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Noun1.Konrad von Gesner - Swiss naturalist who was one of the founders of modern zoology (1516-1565)Konrad von Gesner - Swiss naturalist who was one of the founders of modern zoology (1516-1565)
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Sachiko Kusukawa examines the case of Conrad Gessner and the integral role line sketches with watercolours played in his investigations of the physical world.
Vision and Its Instruments: Art, Science, and Technology in Early Modern Europe
This is also clear in Sachiko Kusukawa's discussion of the images commissioned by Conrad Gessner for an unachieved project for a Historia plantarum, a universal history of plants.
Ways of seeing: Kathryn Murphy on the complex role of vision in Renaissance art and science

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