TY  - Type of reference 
TI  - The art of naturalist illustration by Henri de Lacaze-Duthiers 
AU  - Raphaël Lami
 
AU  - Catherine Jessus 
AB  - Henri de Lacaze-Duthiers (1821-1901), a famous 19th-century professor of zoology, is known as a pioneer of experimental zoology, for his teaching at the Muséum and Sorbonne, and for founding the Roscoff and Banyuls-sur-Mer marine stations. But he also stood out for his naturalistic drawings of marine fauna. Whereas some of his colleagues gave in to the temptation to embellish the results of their observations, he favored a particularly precise depiction of marine creatures. The meticulous details of his drawings reveal crucial anatomical features of marine organisms, and have thus contributed to the advancement of knowledge about marine biodiversity. But the aesthetics of these drawings go far beyond their scientific vocation, and are much admired today. The finesse of the line, the care taken with shading, the richness of the colors and the elegance of the forms convey the artistic emotion of their creator, fascinated by the beauty of the creatures he depicted. Henri de Lacaze-Duthiers was also an experimenter in improving scientific illustration techniques, as revealed by his experiments in the use of animal-derived purple color and chromolithography for scientific publishing. He also innovated in the scientific illustration of his lectures, taking an interest in projection devices, and strongly supported the development of scientific photography. Henri de Lacaze-Duthiers thus finds his place among the scientists of the 19th century recognized not only for their taste for new media shared by artists and scientists, but also for the aesthetic quality of their work. Discovering his work invites us to rediscover with emotion man’s vanished connection with nature, which these early explorers so powerfully felt and so well expressed in their drawings. 
DO  - 10.21494/ISTE.OP.2024.1110 
JF  - Art and Science 
KW  - Henri de Lacaze-Duthiers, zoology, marine biology, naturalist drawings, naturalist photography, purple, Henri de Lacaze-Duthiers, zoologie, biologie marine, dessin naturaliste, photographie naturaliste, pourpre,  
L1  - https://openscience.fr/IMG/pdf/iste_artsci24v8nspe_1.pdf 
LA  - en 
PB  - ISTE OpenScience 
DA  - 2024/03/12 
SN  - 2515-8767 
TT  - L’art de l’illustration naturaliste chez Henri de Lacaze-Duthiers 
UR  - https://openscience.fr/The-art-of-naturalist-illustration-by-Henri-de-Lacaze-Duthiers 
IS  - Special issue 
VL  - 8 
ER  -