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Mark P. Witton - Recreating an Age of Reptiles - 9781785003349 - V9781785003349
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Recreating an Age of Reptiles

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Description for Recreating an Age of Reptiles Paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: RBX. Dimension: 280 x 216. Weight in Grams: 418.
Dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals have always fascinated people but they pose vast problems for the artist. How do you go about recreating the anatomy and behaviour of a creature we've never seen? How can we restore landscapes long lost to time? And where does the boundary between palaeontology - the science of understanding fossils- and artistic licence lie? In this outstanding book, Mark Witton shares his detailed paintings and great experience of drawing and painting extinct species. The approaches used in rendering these impressive creatures are discussed and demonstrate the problems, as well as the unexpected freedoms, that palaeontological artists are faced with. The book showcases over ninety scientifically credible paintings of some of the most spectacular animals in the Earth's history, as well as may less familiar species.

Product Details

Publisher
The Crowood Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
Ramsbury, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785003349
SKU
V9781785003349
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Ref
99-3

About Mark P. Witton
Dr Mark P Witton is an author, palaeontological artist and researcher who has worked with major museums and universities around the world to understand and reconstruct extinct animals. He has acted as consultant to numerous dinosaur documentaries and films including the Walking with Dinosaurs franchise and the BBC's Planet Dinosaur.

Reviews for Recreating an Age of Reptiles
This really is the ultimate guide to pterosaurs, providing us with a richer view of pterosaur diversity and behaviour . . . and containing a substantial amount of review and analysis of pterosaur ecology and functional morphology.
Scientific American on Pterosaurs The joy of Pterosaurs is how it brings long extinct animals to life.
New Scientist on Pterosaurs Witton's new tribute to pterosaurs gives these fantastic fossil creatures a much-needed makeover in two crucial ways. Not only does the book bring the science of pterosaurs up to date . . . but Witton is a highly-skilled and imaginative artist who ably reconstructs the bones of the animals and brings them back to life in startling poses.
National Geographic.com on Pterosaurs

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