Philosophy
Charles Robert Knight
October 21st, 1874 to April 15th, 1953
Yesterday I mentioned Rudolph F. Zallinger's "The Age of Reptiles" and should have made note of Charles Knight, the father of "dinosaur art" who was born October 21st, 1874. Bill Ashworth wrote in the Linda Hall Library Newsletter:
"...Knight was given the opportunity to paint some dinosaur scenes to illustrate an article in Century Magazine. These four small paintings were to revolutionize the way dinosaurs were portrayed, especially the depiction of "Leaping Laelaps," which showed two small theropods fighting with one another in the most agile manner, quite unlike the way dinosaurs, or any other reptiles, were conventionally portrayed. The idea of the active dinosaur lost favor in the 1940s, and the famous Age of Reptiles mural at Yale, completed in 1947, shows dull, stolid dinosaurs who can barely lift one foot off the ground. When the "hot-blooded" dinosaur re-merged in the 1970s (making Jurassic Park possible), Knight became the patron saint of every would-be dinosaur artist, and he remains so today."
Charles R. Knight
- Why Do Kids Love Dinosaurs?
What is it about dinosaurs that fascinate kids? A former colleague argued that kids like to have imaginary friends who are bigger than and can eat Daddy. Dinosaurs provide a sort of power balance. My thought was that dinosaurs provide a seemingly make-believe...
- T. Rex Has Company
"Meet the newly discovered dinosaur that even tyrannosaurs were afraid of" by Lance Tillson November 23rd, 2013 National Monitor Researchers from The Field Museum, the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences (NCMNS) and North Carolina State University...
- Archaeopteryx And Xiaotingia Zhengi Smackdown
Archaeopteryx created a sensation in Victorian England with its bird-like wings but teeth and tail of a dinosaur. Birds of a feather with conflicting conclusions. "'Oldest bird' Archaeopteryx knocked off its perch in controversial new study"...
- Robert Bakker..."dino"mite Ideas
Robert Bakker is an American paleontologist who was the first to prove that dinosaurs were warm blooded and have more in common with birds than cold-blooded lizards. He is an outspoken a maverick and holds controversial opinions about the dinosaurs that...
- Junior Paleontologists--"hands On" Experience
If you like fossils, dinosaurs and the like and are a youngster, check this out. A cool way to reach out to budding paleontologists. "Dinosaur Fossils In Utah Inspire 'Jr. Paleontologists'" by Jeff Brady July 2nd, 2008 National Public Radio ...
Philosophy
Charles R. Knight...father of dinosaur art
Charles Robert Knight October 21st, 1874 to April 15th, 1953
Yesterday I mentioned Rudolph F. Zallinger's "The Age of Reptiles" and should have made note of Charles Knight, the father of "dinosaur art" who was born October 21st, 1874. Bill Ashworth wrote in the Linda Hall Library Newsletter:
"...Knight was given the opportunity to paint some dinosaur scenes to illustrate an article in Century Magazine. These four small paintings were to revolutionize the way dinosaurs were portrayed, especially the depiction of "Leaping Laelaps," which showed two small theropods fighting with one another in the most agile manner, quite unlike the way dinosaurs, or any other reptiles, were conventionally portrayed. The idea of the active dinosaur lost favor in the 1940s, and the famous Age of Reptiles mural at Yale, completed in 1947, shows dull, stolid dinosaurs who can barely lift one foot off the ground. When the "hot-blooded" dinosaur re-merged in the 1970s (making Jurassic Park possible), Knight became the patron saint of every would-be dinosaur artist, and he remains so today."
Charles R. Knight
- Why Do Kids Love Dinosaurs?
What is it about dinosaurs that fascinate kids? A former colleague argued that kids like to have imaginary friends who are bigger than and can eat Daddy. Dinosaurs provide a sort of power balance. My thought was that dinosaurs provide a seemingly make-believe...
- T. Rex Has Company
"Meet the newly discovered dinosaur that even tyrannosaurs were afraid of" by Lance Tillson November 23rd, 2013 National Monitor Researchers from The Field Museum, the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences (NCMNS) and North Carolina State University...
- Archaeopteryx And Xiaotingia Zhengi Smackdown
Archaeopteryx created a sensation in Victorian England with its bird-like wings but teeth and tail of a dinosaur. Birds of a feather with conflicting conclusions. "'Oldest bird' Archaeopteryx knocked off its perch in controversial new study"...
- Robert Bakker..."dino"mite Ideas
Robert Bakker is an American paleontologist who was the first to prove that dinosaurs were warm blooded and have more in common with birds than cold-blooded lizards. He is an outspoken a maverick and holds controversial opinions about the dinosaurs that...
- Junior Paleontologists--"hands On" Experience
If you like fossils, dinosaurs and the like and are a youngster, check this out. A cool way to reach out to budding paleontologists. "Dinosaur Fossils In Utah Inspire 'Jr. Paleontologists'" by Jeff Brady July 2nd, 2008 National Public Radio ...