paleoillustratorとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

paleoillustrator (複数形 paleoillustrators)

1. An artist who produces scientific illustrations of prehistoric flora and fauna.
   • 2003, The Guild Handbook of Scientific Illustration (Elaine R. S. Hodges), John Wiley & Sons (2003), ISBN 9780471360117, page 330:

     Typically, the artist is asked to document the smallest details of a fossil bone. The paleoillustrator should not hesitate to point out where additional preparation can be used to locate and define such important characters as sutures and foramina.

   • 2004, Brendan Hanrahan, Great Day Trips in the Connecticut Valley of the Dinosaurs, Perry Heights Press (2004), ISBN 9780963018113, page 18:

     Since most of what remains of dinosaurs is bones and footprints, a paleoillustrator must have a head for paleontology and anatomy as well.

   • 2009, Mark A, Norell, book review, The Quarterly Review of Biology, Volume 84, Number 3, September 2009 page 288:

     Instead of the norm, which is to cop illustrations from other sources, this volume is full of commissioned drawings by John Sibbick—one of the best paleoillustrators in the world.

同意語

• paleoartist