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Botanical Sketchbooks (paperback)

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Informationen zum Autor Helen and William Bynum are historians of science and medicine, and also have a particular interest in gardening and plants and their importance in human culture and society. They have written or edited numerous books, including Great Discoveries in Medicine and Remarkable Plants , both published by Thames & Hudson. Klappentext A visual compendium of botanical sketches, many specially photographed, providing a revealing insight into the immediate responses of artists encountering the glories of the plant world. While highly finished drawings and paintings frequently feature in histories of botanical art, the preparatory sketches, first impressions and creative thoughts on paper behind them are rarely seen and have often remained hidden and locked away. Botanical Sketchbooks brings these personal and vividly spontaneous records gloriously back into the light. In a series of biographical portraits organized thematically into four sections, the book illuminates a range of intriguing characters, from many different countries and cultures, including Germany, France, Italy, America, Australia, Japan and China. Sketchbooks proper are joined by notebooks, journals, albums, loose pieces of paper, works on vellum, manuscripts, letters, herbarium sheets and marginalia - even one drawing on the back of an envelope. Turning the pages of this book will be an invitation to relive extraordinary experiences, imagine lost worlds, and be immersed in the endeavours, observations and motivations of the makers of such beautiful and enchanting art. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: The Compulsion to Record I. Making Art II. Doing Science III. Made on Location IV. A Pleasing Occupation

About the author

Helen Bynum is a historian of science and medicine and also has a particular interest in gardening
and plants and their importance in human culture and society. Together with her husband William Bynum she has written or edited numerous books, including Great Discoveries in Medicine and Remarkable Plants.

Product details

Authors Helen Bynum, William Bynum, Bynum Helen
Publisher Thames & Hudson
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 17.08.2023
 
EAN 9780500297186
ISBN 978-0-500-29718-6
No. of pages 296
Weight 1150 g
Subjects Guides > Nature
Humanities, art, music > Art > Plastic arts

ART / Subjects & Themes / Plants & Animals, Botanical art, Drawing & drawings, Drawing and drawings, Botany;Herbs;Sketchbooks;Flora

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