Stephen A. Crist; Roberta Montemo Marvin; Claudia Macdonald; Ellen T. Harris; Jann Pasler University of Rochester Press (2008) Saatavuus: Tilaustuote Pehmeäkantinen kirja
H. Stephen Harris; Peter J. Wang; Mark A. Cohen; Yizhe Zhang; Sebastien J Evrard Oxford University Press (2011) Saatavuus: Painos loppu Pehmeäkantinen kirja
Xerxes Tata; Frederick A Harris; Sandip Pakvasa; Stephen Lars Olsen World Scientific Publishing Company (1993) Saatavuus: Hankintapalvelu Kovakantinen kirja
Stephen R. Bolsover; Andrea Townsend-Nicholson; Greg FitzHarris; Elizabeth A. Shephard; Jeremy S. Hyams; Sandip Patel John Wiley and Sons Ltd (2022) Saatavuus: Tilaustuote Pehmeäkantinen kirja
Reaktion Books Sivumäärä: 320 sivua Asu: Kovakantinen kirja Julkaisuvuosi: 2023, 01.10.2023 (lisätietoa) Kieli: Englanti
In a world flooded with images designed to create memories, validate perceptions and influence others, botanical illustration is about creating technically accurate depictions of plants. Reproductions of centuries-old botanical illustrations frequently adorn greetings cards, pottery and advertising, to promote heritage or generate income, yet their art is scientific: its purpose is to record, display and transmit scientific data. The Beauty of the Flower shows us how scientific botanical illustrations are collaborations among artists, scientists and publishers. It explores the evolution and interchanges of these illustrations since the mid-fifteenth century, the ways in which they have been used to communicate scientific ideas about plants and how views of botanical imagery change. Featuring unique images rarely seen outside of specialist literature this book reveals the fascinating stories behind these remarkable illustrations.