Picturing plants
an analytical history of botanical illustration
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Author
Contributions
- Victoria and Albert Museum. - Contributor
Publication
1995 - University of California Press in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Berkeley, California
Language
English
Word Count
38,000 words, Guess
Page Count
152 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1278457M
- ISBN-100520203062
- OCLC Control Number32166908
- OCLC Control Numberpicturingplantsa0000saun
- Library of Congress Control Number95010204
and 2 more
- LibraryThing250178
- Goodreads1540097
Classifications
- DDC581/.022/2
- LCCQK98.15 .S28 1995
Alternate Titles
- Plants
Description
This beautifully illustrated book will explore the purpose and function of the whole range of botanical art, from early woodcut herbals and painted florilegia, botanical treatises and records of new discoveries, to gardening manuals, seed catalogues and field guides for the amateur enthusiast. Drawing on a superb archive of material in the Victoria and Albert Museum, much of it hitherto unpublished, it ranges from the 15th-century printed book to the work of contemporary illustrators, taking in unique florilegia, the work of acknowledged masters such as Ehret and Redoute, and examples from China and Japan. In doing so it illuminates the complex cultural history of flowering plants, and brings a fresh approach to this perennially fascinating subject.
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