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The role of art in disseminating paleontological knowledge took on a new salience as dinosaur illustration advanced alongside dinosaur paleontology in the mid-1800s. With only fragmentary fossil remains known at the time the term "dinosaur" was coined by Sir Richard Owen in 1841, the question of life appearance of dinosaurs captured the ...
The scientific study of dinosaurs began in 1820s England. In 1842, Richard Owen coined the term dinosaur, which in his vision were elephantine reptiles. An ambitious promoter of his discoveries and theories, Owen was the driving force for the Crystal Palace dinosaur sculptures, the first large-scale public dinosaur reconstructions (1854). These ...
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The Crystal Palace Dinosaurs are a series of sculptures of dinosaurs and other extinct animals, inaccurate by modern standards, in the London borough of Bromley's Crystal Palace Park. Commissioned in 1852 to accompany the Crystal Palace after its move from the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park , they were unveiled in 1854 as the first dinosaur ...
For generations raised on dinosaur toys, “Jurassic Park” films and characters like Barney, it's hard to imagine a world where dinos and their fossils didn't exist — or, more accurately ...
Charles R. Knight - an early 20th-century artist known for his life-like illustrations of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals, many of which have been displayed in museums around the world. Ray Troll - known for his whimsical and scientifically accurate depictions of prehistoric life, often incorporating humor and pop culture references.
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Stereoscopes were found in nearly every parlor in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Before movies, even before photographs were commonly published in newspapers or magazines.