$68.48
- Hardcover
256 pages
- Release Date
7 March 2018
Summary
The Golden Age of Botanical Art brings together the stories of the intrepid explorers—some of whom became botanical artists by default—and the many professional artists who recorded the flora that they discovered on their travels and expeditions. From some of the earliest attempts at art to the plant hunters of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the images produced in the study of plants have held a fascination for all those who love nature.
Truly global in its scope, th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780233005423 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0233005420 |
| Author: | Martyn Rix |
| Publisher: | Headline Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Welbeck |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 7 March 2018 |
| Weight: | 1.50kg |
| Dimensions: | 286mm x 248mm x 24mm |
| Series: | Y |
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About The Author
Martyn Rix
Martyn Rix is a botanist and the Editor of Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, and as such has an unrivalled knowledge of botanical art. With a PhD in Botany from the University of Cambridge, he has worked at the University Botanic Garden in Zurich and at the RHS Garden, Wisley and has made many expeditions to different parts of the world, to collect new plants for gardens. He is the author or co-author of a number of books, including the highly acclaimed The Botanical Garden.
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