Why read The Palaeoartist's Handbook?

Book cover of The Palaeoartist's Handbook: Recreating Prehistoric Animals in Art

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Extinct worlds live again in palaeoart: artworks of fossil animals, plants and environments carefully reconstructed from palaeontological and geological data. Such artworks are widespread in popular culture, appearing in documentaries, museums, books and magazines, and inspiring depictions of dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals in cinema. This book outlines how fossil…

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1 author picked The Palaeoartist's Handbook as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Dougal Dixon

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So often we find popular level dinosaur books with the most ridiculous and inaccurate illustrations. Usually, the fault lies with the middle-man – the children’s writer or the artist. In this book, we have an instance that is, luckily, becoming more common – the academic who has the skills to communicate directly with the general audience. Dr. Witton has the experience of studying fossil animals (pterosaurs are his specialty) and in his book demonstrates how the various aspects of his work command an accurate approach to his artwork (he is a superb artist). Any speculation in his book is based…

From Dougal's list on The best books on the popular cultural depiction of evolution, of the life of the past, and, how it changes.