Resource: Books

  • Bainbridge, David (2020). How Zoologists Organize Things: The Art of Classification. ISBN: 9780711252264.
  • Barlowe, Dorothea and Barlowe, Sy (1997). Illustrating Nature: How to Paint and Draw Plants and Animals. ISBN: 9780486299211.
  • Bredekamp, Horst et al., Eds. (2015). The Technical Image: A History of Styles in Scientific Imagery. ISBN: 9780226258843.
  • Briscoe, Mary Helen (1996). Preparing Scientific Illustrations A Guide to Better Posters, Presentations, and Publications. ISBN: 9781461239864.
  • Escardó, Anna (2022). Science Illustration. A History of Visual Knowledge from the 15th Century to Today. ISBN: 9783836573320.
  • Ford, Brian J. (1993). Images of Science: A History of Scientific Illustration. ISBN: 9780195209839.
  • Galindo, Ed (2022). Children of the Stars: Indigenous Science Education in a Reservation Classroom. ISBN: 9780870712012.
  • Genge, Matthew J. (2020). Geological Field Sketches and Illustrations: A Practical Guide. ISBN: 9780198835929.
  • Gollner, Adam Leith, et al. (2021). An Illustrated Catalog of American Fruits & Nuts: The U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. ISBN: 9781733622042.
  • Guner, Isik (2019). Botanical Illustration from Life: A visual guide to observing, drawing and painting plants. ISBN: 9781782218067.
  • Haeckel, Ernst (1974). Art Forms in Nature. ISBN: 9780486229874.
  • Heck, J.G. (1994). Heck's Pictorial Archive of Nature and Science. ISBN: 9780486282916.
  • Hodges, Elaine R.S., Ed. (2003). The Guild Handbook of Scientific Illustration. ISBN: 9780471360117.
  • Humphrey, Sarah Jane (2018). Botanical Art with Scientific Illustration. ISBN: 9781785004193.
  • James, Kale (2015). Skulls and Skeletons: An Image Archive and Anatomy Reference Book for Artists and Designers. ISBN: 9781925968446.
  • James, Kale (2019). Animal Skeletons and Anatomy: An Image Archive for Artists and Designers. ISBN: 9781925968088.
  • James, Kale (2019). Vintage Botanical Illustration: Copyright-Free Images for Artists, Designers and Plant Lovers. ISBN: 9781925968040.
  • James, Kale (2020). Flowers and Plants: An Image Archive of Botanical Illustrations for Artists and Designers. ISBN: 9781925968200.
  • Jastrzebski, Zbigniew (1985). Scientific Illustration: A Guide for the Beginning Artist. ISBN: 9780137959310.
  • Jastrzebski, Zbigniew (1985). Scientific Illustration: A Guide for the Beginning Artist. ISBN: 9780137959310.
  • Kean, John (2013). The Art of Science: Remarkable Natural History Illustrations From Museum Victoria. ISBN: 978921833250.
  • Lack, H. Walter (2018). Alexander von Humboldt: The Botanical Exploration of the Americas. ISBN: 9783791384153.
  • Laurent, Anna (2016). Botanical Art from the Golden Age of Scientific Discovery. ISBN: 9780226321073.
  • Leonardi, Cesare (2019). The Architecture of Trees. ISBN: 9781616898069.
  • Lighttipe, Mary (2017). The Art of Botanical & Bird Illustration: An artist's guide to drawing and illustrating realistic flora, fauna, and botanical scenes from nature. ISBN: 9781633223783.
  • Lima, Manuel (2011). Visual Complexity: Mapping Patterns of Information. ISBN: 9781568989365.
  • Littger, Klaus Walter and Dressendörfer, Werner (2016). Basilius Besler. Florilegium. The Book of Plants. ISBN: 9783836557870.
  • Luks, Francois I. (2020). MedSpeak Illuminated: The Art and Practice of Medical Illustration. ISBN: 9781606354438.
  • Martin, Rosie and Thurstan, Meriel (2008). Botanical Illustration Course with the Eden Project: Drawing and watercolour painting techniques for botanical artists. ISBN: 978-0713490749.
  • Miller, Ron (2014). The Art of Space: The History of Space Art, from the Earliest Visions to the Graphics of the Modern Era. ISBN: 9780760346563.
  • Ridgway, John L. (1938). Scientific Illustration. ISBN: 9781114700154.
  • Ross, Anne, et al. (2011). Indigenous Peoples and the Collaborative Stewardship of Nature: Knowledge Binds and Institutional Conflicts. ISBN: 9781598745788.
  • Scientific Illustration Committee of the Council of Biology Editors (1988). Illustrating Science: Standards for Publication. ISBN: 9780914340058.
  • Simblet, Sarah (20200. Botany for the Artist. ISBN: 9781465494283.
  • Syme, Patrick (2020). Werner's Nomenclature of Colours: Adapted to Zoology, Botany, Chemistry, Mineralogy, Anatomy, and the Arts. ISBN: 9781528717090.
  • Trusler, Peter, Vickers-Rich, Patricia and Rich, Thomas H. (2010). The Artist and the Scientists: Bringing Prehistory to Life. ISBN: 9780521676359.
  • Tufte, Edward R. (1990). Envisioning Information. ISBN: 9780961392116.
  • von Humboldt, Alexander (2022). Views of Nature – Contemplations on the Sublime Phenomena of Creation with Scientific Illustrations.
  • Willmann, Rainer and Voss, Julia (2020). The Art and Science of Ernst Haeckel. ISBN: 9783836584289.
  • Wood, Phyllis (1994). Scientific Illustration: A Guide to Biological, Zoological, and Medical Rendering Techniques, Design, Printing, and Display. ISBN: 9780471285250.
  • Zweifel, Frances W. (1988). A Handbook of Biological Illustration. ISBN: 9780226997018.