Konceptualna ilustracja naukowa Fritza Kahna

• Authors: Mateusz Leszkowicz

Title variants

EN

Fritz Kahn’s Conceptual Scientific Illustration

Abstracts

EN

The paper outlines the origin, development, applications, and impact of conceptual scientific illustration, developed in the early 20th century by Fritz Kahn, a German gynecologist, publisher and popularizer of science. These illustrations explains how things work via concepts, metaphors and illusion. This is in contrast to the descriptive anatomical and natural illustrations of 19th-century paintings which show what things look like. The article presents the systematics of the main types of illustrations by F. Kahn and reflects on reception thereof.

Keywords

EN

conceptual scientific illustration; Fritz Kahn; infographic concepts; modernity; graphic design; visual history; visual education; history of instructional media

• Publisher: Poznańskie Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Nauk
• Journal: Biuletyn Historii Wychowania
• Year: 2021
• Issue: 44
• Pages: 141-158

Dates

published

2021

Contributors

author

Mateusz Leszkowicz

• Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu

• https://orcid.org/0000000323624978

Identifiers

DOI

10.14746/bhw.2021.44.9

Biblioteka Nauki

29519650