Re: Altered Images

[Danvarner@aol.com]

In a message dated 1/14/00 1:36:30 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
bettyc@flyinggoat.com writes:

<< How would you count the earliest dipections of Iguanadon as a 4 legged
 bear-lizard with a single nose-horn done as a recosntruction for the
 Crystal Palace?  >>

  I know I'm fighting a losing battle here, but for the sake of clarity could 
we please follow W.E.Swinton's (I believe) definitions for these 
illustrations? A "reconstruction" being the skeletal anatomy and 
"restoration" being the image of what the extinct animal is thought to have 
looked like in life. A preparator expertly "constructs" a mounted skeleton, 
while a paleolife artist "restores" that skeleton to flesh-and-blood life 
appearance in paint, plastic, or pixels.
 Perhaps Mr. Richardson could clarify his question somewhat by stating which 
of  these terms (or both) applies. Dan Varner.