Sentences with phrase «in botanical illustration»

The past two years have seen a great revival in the popularity and interest in botanical illustration and several excellent publications have appeared.

Not exact matches

Bleichmar discusses the importance of some 12,000 botanical illustrations that flowed from explorations of the Spanish empire in the half century after 1759.

Four paintings by Two Rivers Press author / illustrator Christina Hart - Davies (including two illustrations from A Wild Plant Year) will be included in a major exhibition of botanical art in London.

In this current exhibition, Favour creates lush and sensual abstractions of the leaves, flowers and reproductive systems of the figs and nasturtiums filtered through her imagination; yet, informed by a rich understanding of the history of botanical illustration.

For these artists making art is an engulfing activity that involves immersion in natural history, science and alchemy with inspiration from arcane botanical illustrations, to birding field guides to weather charts.

For these artists, making art involves immersion in natural history, science and alchemy, with inspiration ranging from arcane botanical illustrations to birding field guides and complex weather charts.

Ruperto, based in L.A., and Heltoft, from Copenhagen, have produced a series of photographs based on the manuscript's 100 + ink and colored wash botanical illustrations, which detail unidentifiable plant species.

The importance of the subjects is not immediately apparent: in one painting, he pairs a roller coaster with a clothesline of hanging flags, while in another, he fills the canvas with botanical illustrations.

Two works in the exhibition, «Blue Anemone» and «Séance,» reveal Hammond's combined fascination with Victorian botanical photography and medical illustration.

Working in various media, and specializing in etching and botanical illustration in watercolor, she has worked as an artist for over 30 years.

LT: I have always been interested in antique books, anatomical drawings, diagrams, botanical illustrations, Life magazines from the 40s and 50s, encyclopedias, topographical maps, and anything that seeks to explain the nature and science of life.

Detailed and graceful, these designs feature lush leaf scatters, fronds and ferns, botanical - style florals and beautiful butterfly and bug illustrations in a fresh springtime palette.

Arts and Crafts doesn't have to mean intricate wallpapers and fabrics; you could opt to hang a group of pretty botanical illustrations — like this delicate Victorian - style drawing in its classic wooden frame — on a single wall for a more subtle take on this rich theme.