Golden age of botanical art / Martyn Rix.
- Rix, Martyn.
- Date:
- 2012
- Books
About this work
Publication/Creation
London : Andre Deutsch, 2012.
Physical description
256 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Contributors
Notes
Published in association with Kew Royal Botanic Gardens.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (p. 255) and index.
Contents
The origins of botanical art -- Early works of the sixteenth century -- Seventeenth-century florilegia -- North American plants -- Travellers to the Levant -- The exploration of Russia and Japan -- Botany Bay and beyond -- The Golden Age in England -- South American adventures -- The Golden Age in France -- Botanical and horticultural illustrated journals -- Early Chinese plant drawings -- The Company School in India -- A new era at Kew -- Victorian travellers -- Bringing China to Europe -- The flowers of war and beyond -- Carrying on the tradition.
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Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicineAQ.ALOpen shelves
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ISBN
- 9780233003641
- 0233003649