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The predominant notion of the historical track of modern science is teleological: this narrative holds that as time passed, accuracy naturally increased, as the pursuit of knowledge solidified in form and texts could increasingly be fact-checked. | |||
In the most basic terms, a woodcut, also known as a woodblock, is a kind of relief print, in which material is removed from a plate to leave a raised design that will then be inked and printed. In woodblocks, material is carved away from a relatively soft plank of wood, traditionally from trees such as pear, apple, and holly. | |||
==Leonhart Fuchs, ''De historia stirpium'', (1542)== | ==Leonhart Fuchs, ''De historia stirpium'', (1542)== | ||
In Leonhart Fuchs’s 1542 herbal ''De historia stirpium'', we see a prime example of the affordances of woodcuts in early reference literature. | In Leonhart Fuchs’s 1542 herbal ''De historia stirpium'', we see a prime example of the affordances of woodcuts in early reference literature. | ||
==Pietro Andrea Mattioli: Commentary on the ''Materia Medica'', (1563, 1565, 1568, 1600)== | ==Pietro Andrea Mattioli: Commentary on the ''Materia Medica'', (1563, 1565, 1568, 1600)== | ||
Revision as of 19:58, 19 November 2018
The predominant notion of the historical track of modern science is teleological: this narrative holds that as time passed, accuracy naturally increased, as the pursuit of knowledge solidified in form and texts could increasingly be fact-checked. In the most basic terms, a woodcut, also known as a woodblock, is a kind of relief print, in which material is removed from a plate to leave a raised design that will then be inked and printed. In woodblocks, material is carved away from a relatively soft plank of wood, traditionally from trees such as pear, apple, and holly.
Leonhart Fuchs, De historia stirpium, (1542)
In Leonhart Fuchs’s 1542 herbal De historia stirpium, we see a prime example of the affordances of woodcuts in early reference literature.