Othmar T Tobisch

Biographic Data

ID5895660
NAMEOthmar T Tobisch
GIVEN NAMESOthmar T
FAMILY NAMETobisch
SIGNATURETOBISCH O T
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS4
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR4
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1971
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR1987
H-INDEX0

  • Art and Geology

    Othmar Tobisch, Othmar T Tobisch et al.ARTICLELeonardo1987

  • Connections between the Geological Sciences and Visual Art

    Othmar T TobischARTICLELeonardo1983

    Visual art and the geological sciences share common threads that are worthy of exploration. In the first part of this article, I give a brief and selective historical perspective of interaction between these two disciplines, beginning with the cave paintings of Lascaux some 15,000 years ago, in aspects of Chinese art, in Leonardo da Vinci’s work, in nineteenth-century landscape painting, and in various features of twentieth-century art. In the se…

  • Our Earth in Continuous Change

    Othmar T Tobisch, David Baird et al.ARTICLELeonardo1975

  • Rock Forms and Art

    Othmar T TobischARTICLELeonardo1971

    The external forms of rock have long inspired artists to create what is called ‘abstract’ art. In this article, the author points out that many forms found in rock are not accidental. Examples are given that show how many forms are an expression of the internal fabric of rocks, and range in size from millimeters to tens of kilometers. Thin-sections of rocks viewed under the polarizing microscope reveal a great variety of forms, colors and texture…