Author: D. J. Mabberley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
The revolutionary botanical illustrations of Arthur Harry Church (1865-1937), considered some of the finest drawings of the twentieth century and compared with the work of Georgia O'Keeffe, are collected in this volume that contains 100 of Church's illustrations, with 60 in full-color.
Types of Floral Mechanism
Author: Arthur Harry Church
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Flowers
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Flowers
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Arthur Harry Church
Author: D. J. Mabberley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
The revolutionary botanical illustrations of Arthur Harry Church (1865-1937), considered some of the finest drawings of the twentieth century and compared with the work of Georgia O'Keeffe, are collected in this volume that contains 100 of Church's illustrations, with 60 in full-color.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
The revolutionary botanical illustrations of Arthur Harry Church (1865-1937), considered some of the finest drawings of the twentieth century and compared with the work of Georgia O'Keeffe, are collected in this volume that contains 100 of Church's illustrations, with 60 in full-color.
Contemporary Botanical Artists
Author: Shirley Sherwood
Publisher: George Weidenfeld & Nicholson
ISBN: 9780297822707
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Presents a collection of botanical paintings along with descriptions of the artists' techniques and backgrounds.
Publisher: George Weidenfeld & Nicholson
ISBN: 9780297822707
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Presents a collection of botanical paintings along with descriptions of the artists' techniques and backgrounds.
Botanical Sketchbooks
Author:
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
ISBN: 9781616895884
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Recording the world of plant and animal life and documenting the strange beauty of the natural world have been human passions ever since the first cave paintings. While there are many histories of botanical art featuring beautiful paintings and finished drawings, the artists' preparatory sketches, first impressions, and scribbled notes on paper are rarely seen. But it is often these early attempts that give us real insight into the firsthand experiences and adventures of the botanists, artists, collectors, and explorers behind them. This exquisite visual compendium of botanical sketches by eighty artists from around the world brings these personal and vividly spontaneous records back into the light. Filled with remarkable images from the fifteenth to the twentieth centuries, sourced from the unparalleled collections of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Library, Art & Archives, and other libraries, museums, and archives, Botanical Sketchbooks also provides fascinating biographical portraits of the intriguing characters featured within, including such renowned artists, scientists, and amateur botanists as Leonardo da Vinci, Georg Dionysius Ehret, Carl Linnaeus, Maria Sibylla Merian, Mark Catesby, and Helen and Margaret Shelley (sisters of the novelist Mary Shelley), among many others.
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
ISBN: 9781616895884
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Recording the world of plant and animal life and documenting the strange beauty of the natural world have been human passions ever since the first cave paintings. While there are many histories of botanical art featuring beautiful paintings and finished drawings, the artists' preparatory sketches, first impressions, and scribbled notes on paper are rarely seen. But it is often these early attempts that give us real insight into the firsthand experiences and adventures of the botanists, artists, collectors, and explorers behind them. This exquisite visual compendium of botanical sketches by eighty artists from around the world brings these personal and vividly spontaneous records back into the light. Filled with remarkable images from the fifteenth to the twentieth centuries, sourced from the unparalleled collections of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Library, Art & Archives, and other libraries, museums, and archives, Botanical Sketchbooks also provides fascinating biographical portraits of the intriguing characters featured within, including such renowned artists, scientists, and amateur botanists as Leonardo da Vinci, Georg Dionysius Ehret, Carl Linnaeus, Maria Sibylla Merian, Mark Catesby, and Helen and Margaret Shelley (sisters of the novelist Mary Shelley), among many others.
Rhs Botanical Illustration
Author: Charlotte Brooks
Publisher: Acc Art Books
ISBN: 9781788840149
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book presents a cross-section of recent Royal Horticultural Society gold medalists from around the world. The RHS awards its gold medal only to the most outstanding exhibitions, encouraging the international artistic community to perform to the highest standard. The illustrations gathered in these pages demonstrate great attention to detail, masterful color work, and outstanding technical skill.
Publisher: Acc Art Books
ISBN: 9781788840149
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book presents a cross-section of recent Royal Horticultural Society gold medalists from around the world. The RHS awards its gold medal only to the most outstanding exhibitions, encouraging the international artistic community to perform to the highest standard. The illustrations gathered in these pages demonstrate great attention to detail, masterful color work, and outstanding technical skill.
Heidi
Author: Johanna Spyri
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781402736919
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
An abridged version of Johanna Spyri's classic story of a Swiss orphan who is heartbroken when she must leave her beloved grandfather and their happy home in the mountains to go to school and to care for an invalid girl in the city.
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company
ISBN: 9781402736919
Category : Children's stories
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
An abridged version of Johanna Spyri's classic story of a Swiss orphan who is heartbroken when she must leave her beloved grandfather and their happy home in the mountains to go to school and to care for an invalid girl in the city.
Botanical Sketchbook
Author: Mary Ann Scott
Publisher: Batsford Books
ISBN: 1849943028
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
This is the story of one woman's journey from amateur painter to botanical artist, told through the sketchbooks and paintings she produced for the Distance Learning Diploma Course run by the Society of Botanical Artists. Packed with advice and tips, this book will serve as a guide and inspiration to anyone wanting to embark on life as a botanical artist. This book is both a showcase of Mary Ann Scott's work and a record of her achievements, including first-hand accounts of the joys and challenges she faced as she progressed. It contains work from every assignment she undertook, from her first attempts at drawing a tulip to the triumphant paintings she made for her diploma portfolio. Along the way are delicate floral compositions, juicy fruit and vegetables, botanical dissections, and her adventures out in the field. Margaret Stevens's comments on each assignments are also included, giving an insight into the assessment process and an all-round view of Mary Ann's successes and (very rare) failures. The book ends with a glorious selection of Mary Ann's ongoing work as a botanical artist.
Publisher: Batsford Books
ISBN: 1849943028
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
This is the story of one woman's journey from amateur painter to botanical artist, told through the sketchbooks and paintings she produced for the Distance Learning Diploma Course run by the Society of Botanical Artists. Packed with advice and tips, this book will serve as a guide and inspiration to anyone wanting to embark on life as a botanical artist. This book is both a showcase of Mary Ann Scott's work and a record of her achievements, including first-hand accounts of the joys and challenges she faced as she progressed. It contains work from every assignment she undertook, from her first attempts at drawing a tulip to the triumphant paintings she made for her diploma portfolio. Along the way are delicate floral compositions, juicy fruit and vegetables, botanical dissections, and her adventures out in the field. Margaret Stevens's comments on each assignments are also included, giving an insight into the assessment process and an all-round view of Mary Ann's successes and (very rare) failures. The book ends with a glorious selection of Mary Ann's ongoing work as a botanical artist.
Harry Potter and the Paganization of Culture
Author: Michael David O'Brien
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788362207015
Category : Children's stories, English
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788362207015
Category : Children's stories, English
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights
Author: John Steinbeck
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141186305
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 473
Book Description
Presents the author's reinterpretation of tales from Malory's Morte d'Arthur.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141186305
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 473
Book Description
Presents the author's reinterpretation of tales from Malory's Morte d'Arthur.
Extraordinary Orchids
Author: Sandra Knapp
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022677970X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Perching on tropical trees, partnering with fungi to reproduce, or deceiving birds and amorous insects to promote pollination, orchids fascinate. In the exquisitely illustrated Extraordinary Orchids, award-winning botanist and writer Sandra Knapp tells the stories behind some of the bizarre lifestyles and interactions that scientists have uncovered among many species of the orchid family. Orchids deserve such a visual celebration: parts of the orchid flower have shapes unlike any other flowering plant, and the sheer number of species means they have a seemingly endless ability to create ever more fantastical forms. In fact, many orchid common names refer to the shape-shifting forms of their flowers—the “man-orchids” or “monkey-orchids” are so called because of their resemblance to the primate form. Orchids lend themselves to depiction, and botanical artworks of them abound. Who could resist painting or drawing such odd shapes? Illustrated with stunning artwork, much from the archives of the Natural History Museum in London and never before published, Extraordinary Orchids includes depictions from celebrated botanical artists such as Ferdinand and Franz Bauer, Arthur Harry Church, and Sydney Parkinson, revealing the weird and wonderful lives of this most diverse of plant families.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022677970X
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Perching on tropical trees, partnering with fungi to reproduce, or deceiving birds and amorous insects to promote pollination, orchids fascinate. In the exquisitely illustrated Extraordinary Orchids, award-winning botanist and writer Sandra Knapp tells the stories behind some of the bizarre lifestyles and interactions that scientists have uncovered among many species of the orchid family. Orchids deserve such a visual celebration: parts of the orchid flower have shapes unlike any other flowering plant, and the sheer number of species means they have a seemingly endless ability to create ever more fantastical forms. In fact, many orchid common names refer to the shape-shifting forms of their flowers—the “man-orchids” or “monkey-orchids” are so called because of their resemblance to the primate form. Orchids lend themselves to depiction, and botanical artworks of them abound. Who could resist painting or drawing such odd shapes? Illustrated with stunning artwork, much from the archives of the Natural History Museum in London and never before published, Extraordinary Orchids includes depictions from celebrated botanical artists such as Ferdinand and Franz Bauer, Arthur Harry Church, and Sydney Parkinson, revealing the weird and wonderful lives of this most diverse of plant families.