Instant Wall Art - Botanical Prints
Title | Instant Wall Art - Botanical Prints PDF eBook |
Author | Adams Media |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | 96 |
Release | 2015-01-02 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 1440585660 |
Contains material adapted and abridged from The art of nature coloring book. Avon, Mass.: Adams Media, 2013.
Botanical Prints
Title | Botanical Prints PDF eBook |
Author | Sandra Forty |
Publisher | Bellagio Press |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | Botanical illustration |
ISBN | 9781627320078 |
The earliest botanical illustrations are found in ancient herbals, practical works of knowledge written to pass on crucial information about how to heal the sick. Around the time of the Renaissance, however, flowers began to be more generally appreciated for their beauty, thus encouraging talented artists to attempt to capture their magic. Botanical illustration developed into a high art form during the golden era of the 18th and early 19th centuries. From that era date some of the most stunning examples of botanical art ever made. The earliest known examples of published botanical illustration can be found in the five-volume De Materia Medica written by the ancient Greek physician and scholar Pedanius Dioscorides, a traveling physician from Asia Minor who followed the Emperor Nero's army as it campaigned across the Roman Empire. Many other illustrators followed in the path of Dioscorides--even Leonardo da Vinci tried his hand at botanicals--but undoubtedly the most well-known illustrator is the Flemish artist Pierre Joseph Redout� (1759-1840), who painted exact scientific illustrations for the botanist Charles Louis L'H�ritier. Redout� also became Marie-Antoinette's official draftsman and Painter to the Queen's Cabinet, especially well known today for his illustrations of roses.
Botanical Prints
Title | Botanical Prints PDF eBook |
Author | Henry Evans |
Publisher | National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2011-01-11 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1582436371 |
Henry Evans (1918–1990) began making botanical prints in 1958, depicting some 1,400 subjects in 31 years. In that time, he was accorded more than 250 one–man shows in many countries around the world and in almost every state in the union. Admired by art lovers and naturalists alike, Henry's work reveals a style intriguingly personal and botanically faithful, unerring in its feeling for rhythm and design. Self–taught as a printer, botanist, and artist, he developed a unique style and technique. He drew directly from living subjects, and all subjects were portrayed life–size. He used linoleum as a printing surface and an 1852 Washington Hand Press to make the prints. All of the work was done by hand. All of the materials that were used were of the best quality, and all of the editions were limited. Each linoleum–block print was numbered, dated, and signed by the artist. After printing, the blocks were destroyed. Botanical Prints presents a vast array of Evans's work and goes one step further by providing excerpts from the artist's notebook, which illuminate not only the physical processes he used but also the brilliant mind that created both the prints and the prose.
Botanical Inspiration
Title | Botanical Inspiration PDF eBook |
Author | Victionary |
Publisher | Viction:ary |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2019 |
Genre | Design |
ISBN | 9789887903499 |
"Botanical Inspiration is a timeless collection of artwork and illustrations that feature flora and its many facets through a variety of visual concepts, styles, and techniques."--
The Trees of North America
Title | The Trees of North America PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2021-04-06 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 0789214024 |
A miniature volume of exquisite botanical prints—the perfect gift for tree lovers. This Tiny Folio™ presents, in modern taxonomic order, all 277 of the hand-colored plates from François-André Michaux’s classic North American Sylva, as well as the supplemental volumes by Thomas Nuttall. These masterworks of nineteenth-century botanical illustration—by such artists as Pierre-Joseph Redouté and Pancrace Bessa—represent the leaves, fruit, and flowers of American trees with wonderful grace and clarity. Published in cooperation with the New York Botanical Garden, The Trees of North America includes a preface and introduction describing how Michaux and Nuttall’s pioneering work came to be.
Merian's Antique Botanical Prints
Title | Merian's Antique Botanical Prints PDF eBook |
Author | Maria Sibylla Merian |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | 52 |
Release | 2005-01-01 |
Genre | Design |
ISBN | 0486996646 |
Known for her scientific eye for precise detail, Maria Sibylla Merian (1647–1717) spared no expense to collect, study, and draw an incredible variety of plant and insect specimens. This easy-to-use archive is filled with 153 of her finest black-and-white engravings of roses, lilies, and carnations, plus more exotic flowers. Wonderfully accurate illustrations of butterflies, caterpillars, and other insects are also included. An excellent source of horticultural graphics, this remarkable collection will be treasured by craftspeople, art students, and natural historians.
Botanical Prints from the Hortus Eystettensis
Title | Botanical Prints from the Hortus Eystettensis PDF eBook |
Author | Nicolas Barker |
Publisher | Harry N. Abrams |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2000-04-01 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9780810927438 |
This oversize (10.5x14") paperback contains color reproductions on heavy paper of botanical prints by a 17th-century amateur botanist, making them suitable for framing. A short introduction by the British Library's manuscript scholar Nicolas Barker and scientific descriptions by Gerard A. Aymonin of each plant are provided. (The present book is excerpted from earlier volumes on the manuscript by each of these writers.) The high quality images make this an appealing volume for winter-bound gardeners and those interested in prints and garden history. c. Book News Inc.