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Treasures of Botanical Art: Icons from the Shirley Sherwood and Kew Collections (Royal Botanic Garden)
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Product Description
Provides and overview of the origins, history and relevance of botanical illustration.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #638490 in Books
- Published on: 2008-12-25
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- 272 pages
Editorial Reviews
About the Author
Martyn Rix has worked for the Royal Horticultural Society and has co-authored many books on horticulture with Roger Phillips. He is editor of 'Curtis's Botanical Magazine' published by Kew, the longest continuously running botanical periodical in the world, founded in 1787, which places special emphasis on botanical illustration. Martyn has travelled widely around the world collecting and photographing plants, and designing and planting gardens. In 2002 he was awarded the Gold Veitch Memorial Media for services to Horticulture.Dr Shirley Sherwood travels extensively and has been collecting contemporary botanical drawings since 1990. Her comprehensive collection includes work by artists living in thirty different countries and documents the emergence of a new wave of botanical painters and the renaissance of their art form and is arguably the most important private collection of twentieth century botanical art in the world.
Customer Reviews
Treasures of Botanical Art: a wonderful new book
This is a wonderful new book from Shirley Sherwood/Kew Gardens collections. It compares a botanical drawing a specific plant (say an Iris) done in the 1800's to one done today. It is fascinating to see both the similarities and the differences. The accompanying text is educational and easy to read. If you love plants and art, this is a good read and a good future resource
