Models, Metaphors, and Matter: Artists and Scientists Visualize Scientific Concepts

Fashioning a chart with scissors and paste, the laboratory technician matches identical pairs of chromosomes in alphabetical and numerical size places. This artificial arrangement of "colored bodies." reminiscent of paper dolls, is known as a karyotype. Congruent with an ideogram or a shor...

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Published in:Art journal (New York. 1960) 1996-03, Vol.55 (1), p.33-43
Main Authors: Anker, Suzanne, Clarke, Kevin, Denes, Agnes, Grey, Michael Joaquín, Kavenoff, Ruth, Kovachemch, Thomas, Kremers, David, Newman, John, Rich, Marvin R., Siler, Todd, Wayne, June
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Arts
Chromosomes
DNA
Evolution
Evolutionary genetics
Human genetics
Humans
Molecules
Museum exhibits
Portraits
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Summary:Fashioning a chart with scissors and paste, the laboratory technician matches identical pairs of chromosomes in alphabetical and numerical size places. This artificial arrangement of "colored bodies." reminiscent of paper dolls, is known as a karyotype. Congruent with an ideogram or a shorthand language, this synthetic arrangement behaves like a museum display, encoding a morphology of signs. A cellular archaeologist, the laboratory investigator correlates subtle differences in identity among specimens.
ISSN:0004-3249
2325-5307
DOI:10.1080/00043249.1996.10791737