Art Illustrations Gallery

Aster or Star Plant, Victorian Botanical Illustration

Very Rare, Beautifully Illustrated Antique Engraved Victorian Botanical Illustration of Aster or Star Plant, Victorian Botanical Illustration Plate 56, from The Book of Practical Botany in Word and Image (Lehrbuch der praktischen Pflanzenkunde in Wort und Bild), Published in 1886. Copyright has expired on this artwork. Digitally restored

© Craig McCausland

Archimedes' Principle, wood engraving, published in 1880

The Archimedes' principle, formulated about 2000 years ago by the Greek scholar Archimedes of Syracuse that states that a body immersed in a fluid is buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of the displaced fluid. The principle applies to both floating and submerged bodies and to all fluids, i.e., liquids and gases. It explains not only the buoyancy of ships and other vessels in water but also the rise of a balloon in the air and the apparent loss of weight of objects underwater. Wood engraving, published in 1880

© ZU_09

Antique illustration of Casa Santi-birthplace of Raffello Sanzio (Urbino, Italy)

Antique illustration of the 15th-century house where Italian Reinassance painter Raphael was born in 1483 in Urbino (Italy), now a Museum. The palace is called Casa Santi. It's a building (originally built in the 14th century) featuring three floors. In the picture the building front featuring roof, main door, windows and overlooking the street that is descending. From a drawing by Toussaint

© ilbusca