As from October 2017, I am studying part-time for a PhD at the University of Bristol, UK. I am in the Departments of History of Art (supervised by Dr Lucy Donkin) and the Palaeobiology Research Group (supervised by Prof Mike Benton).
LIVING DINOSAURS: An investigation into how palaeontologists draw on the visual arts and artists to bring dinosaurs to life, and how these visual representations inform public perception and understanding of science.
Images of dinosaurs have proliferated since their discovery in the 19th century and, more than any other science, palaeontology relies on the visual arts to depict its new discoveries. Yet dinosaurs are so popular that ever since the first dinosaurs were displayed, a tension was created between two opposing needs – that of entertainment and marketing, and scientific accuracy. My research investigates this relationship; enquiring how scientists use artists to understand their own discoveries, visualise their living animals and promote their work to the public, and how much visual artists interact with palaeontologists to authenticate their visualisations.
research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/persons/vicky-coules
victoria.coules@bristol.ac.uk
LIVING DINOSAURS: An investigation into how palaeontologists draw on the visual arts and artists to bring dinosaurs to life, and how these visual representations inform public perception and understanding of science.
Images of dinosaurs have proliferated since their discovery in the 19th century and, more than any other science, palaeontology relies on the visual arts to depict its new discoveries. Yet dinosaurs are so popular that ever since the first dinosaurs were displayed, a tension was created between two opposing needs – that of entertainment and marketing, and scientific accuracy. My research investigates this relationship; enquiring how scientists use artists to understand their own discoveries, visualise their living animals and promote their work to the public, and how much visual artists interact with palaeontologists to authenticate their visualisations.
research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/persons/vicky-coules
victoria.coules@bristol.ac.uk