Magazine article
Shadowy Figures: The animal shadow portraits of Ugo Mochi and other artists were scientifically accurate and stunning
Natural History, v 131(4), pp 34-37
Apr 2023
Abstract
Building on a long tradition of silhouette making, Mochi (pronounced "Mokee") changed the public's perception of the art form from one of human representation to one of scientific documentation. [...]there is the "cut and paste" image, in which the figure is cut out of dark paper (usually freehand, but sometimes with the help of a machine) and then pasted onto a light background. The tooled leather album in which his cutouts are bound contains twenty-four primates, fifteen different kinds of wild sheep and goats, seven species of squirrels, twenty-six non-domestic cats, six opossums, five different kinds of wild pigs and boars, and 290 different wild bird species.
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- Title
- Shadowy Figures: The animal shadow portraits of Ugo Mochi and other artists were scientifically accurate and stunning
- Creators
- Robert M Peck - Drexel University, Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Natural History, v 131(4), pp 34-37
- Publisher
- Natural History Magazine; New York
- Number of pages
- 4
- Resource Type
- Magazine article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000956367800014
- Other Identifier
- 991021860731204721
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- Biodiversity Conservation
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