Presents watercolors of hundreds of species of flowers, and describes the characteristics and background of each plant

Redoute's Fairest Flowers

Rix, Martyn

STEARN, William T.

Redouté, Pierre-Joseph

Arts & Photography

Prentice Hall Direct

The seventeenth century heralded a golden age of exploration, as intrepid travelers sailed around the world to gain firsthand knowledge of previously unknown continents. These explorers also collected the world’s most beautiful flora, and often their findings were recorded for posterity by talented professional artists. The Golden Age of Botanical Art tells the story of these exciting plant-hunting journeys and marries it with full-color reproductions of the stunning artwork they produced. Covering work through the nineteenth century, this lavishly illustrated book offers readers a look at 250 rare or unpublished images by some of the world’s most important botanical artists. Truly global in its scope, The Golden Age of Botanical Art features work by artists from Europe, China, and India, recording plants from places as disparate as Africa and South America. Martyn Rix has compiled the stories and art not only of well-known figures—such as Leonardo da Vinci and the artists of Empress Josephine Bonaparte—but also of those adventurous botanists and painters whose names and work have been forgotten. A celebration of both extraordinarily beautiful plant life and the globe-trotting men and women who found and recorded it, The Golden Age of Botanical Art will enchant gardeners and art lovers alike.

The Golden Age of Botanical Art

History

University of Chicago Press

Truly global in its scope, this beautifully illustrated book moves across centuries and continents to explore the evolution and diversity of botanical art. Images produced in the study of plants have always held a fascination for all those who love nature. The Golden Age of Botanical Art brings together the stories of the intrepid explorers and the professional artists who recorded for posterity the flora that they encountered on their expeditions. It delves into the sketchbooks of explorers in the Himalayas and follows the voyages of those who found new worlds and species as far apart as Russia and South America. Special features cover key figures in the botanical art world including such great names as Ehret and Bauer, as well as distinguished collections, such as that of Mutis at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Madrid. Rarely, or previously unpublished, images from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and other archives from around the world, reveal how these illustrations made a significant contribution to our understanding of the world and the glories of nature.

The Golden Age of Botanical Art (Y)

History & Criticism

Andre Deutsch

Freshwater Fishes of Britain, Ireland and Europe

Science & Math

PHILLIPS, Roger

Biological Sciences

Macmillan

Roses (The Pan Garden Plants Series)

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Gardening & Landscape Design

Pan Books, Ltd.

This guide and reference book includes over 800 hardy bulbs, photographed to show both flower and bulb. The book is arranged in seasonal order to guide gardeners on how to choose size and colour, how to plan and grow bulbs and how to select the right plant for soil conditions and flowering time. Roger Phillips is a professional photographer. Martyn Rix is a botanist and was Chief Botanist at the Royal Horticultural Society at Wisley.

Bulbs (The Pan Garden Plants Series)

This follow-up to "Roses" by the same team of Rix and Phillips, examines all aspects of shrubs. It is a guide intended for all gardeners.

Shrubs (The Garden Plant Series)

Summer Annuals is designed to give gardeners who enjoy growing plants from seed ideas for choosing and planting a selection of some of the easiest annuals that can be found. Larkspurs, sweet peas, poppies, pansies and many others will make a colourful border in just a few months.

Summer Annuals (The Pan Plant Chooser Series)

Trans-Atlantic Pubns

Part of the Pan Garden Plants series, this book covers vegetables, fruits, salads and herbs.

Vegetables (The Pan Garden Plants Series)

As part of the "Pan Garden Plant" series, this first volume on perennials covers plants that flower in the spring and early summer. This book includes photographs of over 1250 perennials from around the world as well as text describing the plants origins, characteristics and frost hardiness.

Early Perennials (The Garden Plant Series , Vol 1)

Barnes, Peter

Compton, James

Rix, Alison

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