55th Anniversary Juried Member's Exhibit - 2023
- August 11, 2023
- Exhibition
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- Artwork
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- Artists
Xenopus laevis, stage NF 59, lateral view
- Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop
- 6 x 18 in
- Natalya Zahn
This artwork was created as part of a new normal table of 133 individual illustrations of Xenopus laevis development, depicting stages from fertilization to metamorphosis. Nieuwkoop and Faber's classic ‘Normal Table of Xenopus laevis (Daudin)’ and accompanying illustrations has been a valuable resource since it's creation in 1956, but it is no longer possible to obtain copyright for the use of those illustrations in publication. Thus, the new normal table was commissioned, with the explicit purpose of providing the scientific and research communities with high quality illustrations, for use under an attributable, non-commercial creative commons license. The illustrations in the new normal table are patterned after the traditional aesthetic of the Nieuwkoop and Faber illustrations, which were created in pen and ink with stippled shading, though the new artwork was created digitally, allowing for more efficient adjustment and increased flexibility of use.
- Subject Matter: Xenopus developmental stage