The German fashion for exact botanical specimens inspired depictions of flowers from illustrations in Philip Miller's Gardeners Dictionary.
Lyndon LaRouche's Proposition 64 directly inspired this depiction of a near-future in which people with contagious diseases are forcibly interned in correction centers, in this case a state-run camp for AIDS victims in Griffith Park.
The inaccurate AMNH mount inspired similar depictions in many films and paintings (such as Rudolph Zallinger's famous mural The Age of Reptiles in Yale University's Peabody Museum of Natural History) until the 1990s, when films such as Jurassic Park introduced a more accurate posture to the general public.
The report inspired Jules Verne's depiction of a menacing giant squid, but it did little to secure the organism a certified place in the animal kingdom.
"One of the key topics of the exhibition is a comparison of works of art proceeding from direct personal experience with those inspired by the depiction of the conflict presented by the media," Ms. Moyzes said.
According to McKowen, the image was inspired by a depiction of the masterminds behind the "Gunpowder Plot", an attempt to blow up Parliament during the reign of King James.
It is a snapshot of the lives of those who, in this fictitious depiction inspired by actual events, are most affected.
Currently, Beeman is creating watercolor studies for a mural to be painted in the summer—a piece she calls "kind of F. Scott Fitzgerald inspired" in its depiction of figures at a party involved in "affairs, betrayals, love triangles".
The iconic adult-magazine company has dreamed up a vision of a Playboy Club in space -- a sprawling sci-fi-inspired depiction of fun and games on a huge private space station - in conjunction with the space tourism company Virgin Galactic.
