The Golden Age of Botanical Art

Global in scope, this beautifully illustrated book explores the evolution and diversity of botanical art. It tells the stories of intrepid explorers and professional artists who recorded the flora they encountered in lands ranging from Russia to South America. Special features cover key figures and distinguished collections, while rare and previously unpublished images reveal how these illustrations contributed to our understanding of the world and the glories of nature.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Martyn Rix

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Rix Martyn, Martyn Rix
• Verlag: Welbeck
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erscheinungsdatum: 30.04.2018
• Thema: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Kunst > Kunstgeschichte
• EAN: 9780233005423
• ISBN: 978-0-233-00542-3
• Abmessung (Verpackung): 25 x 29 x 2 cm
• Themen: Flora, Gardens, South America, Russia, Nature, Nature / Plants / Flowers, GARDENING / Flowers / General, Bauer, Expeditions, History of art / art & design styles, ehret, History of Art, explorers, Gardening: flowers, Gardening: flowers and ornamental plants, Himalayas, New Species, Voyages, botanist, professional artists, Royal Horticultural Society Garden, University Botanic Garden, Mutis at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Madrid, mycological, study of plants, KEW archive