As from October 2017, I am researching for a PhD at the University of Bristol.
I am part-time, (allowing me to continue with my art and media work) and I am in the Departments of Art History (supervised by Dr Lucy Donkin) and Palaeontology (supervised by Prof Mike Benton).
My PhD is currently entitled "LIVING DINOSAURS" and is 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..
www.bristol.ac.uk/earthsciences/people/vicky-coules [email protected]
I am part-time, (allowing me to continue with my art and media work) and I am in the Departments of Art History (supervised by Dr Lucy Donkin) and Palaeontology (supervised by Prof Mike Benton).
My PhD is currently entitled "LIVING DINOSAURS" and is 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..
www.bristol.ac.uk/earthsciences/people/vicky-coules [email protected]