Botanical Art from the Golden Age of Scientific Discovery
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Botanical Art from the Golden Age of Scientific Discovery
Throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, wall charts were a familiar classroom component, displaying scientific images at a large scale, in full color. But it's only now that they've been superseded as a teaching tool that we have begun to realize something their ubiquity hid: they are stunning examples of botanical art at its finest.
This beautifully illustrated oversized book gives the humble wall chart its due, reproducing more than two hundred of them in dazzling full color. Each wall chart is accompanied by captions that offer accessible information about the species featured, the scientists and botanical illustrators who created it, and any particularly interesting or innovative features the chart displays. And gardeners will be pleased to discover useful information about plant anatomy and morphology and species differences. We see lilies and tulips, gourds, aquatic plants, legumes, poisonous plants, and carnivorous plants, all presented in exquisite, larger-than-life detail.
A unique fusion of art, science, and education, the wall charts gathered here offer a glimpse into a wonderful scientific heritage and are sure to thrill naturalists, gardeners, and artists alike.
This beautifully illustrated oversized book gives the humble wall chart its due, reproducing more than two hundred of them in dazzling full color. Each wall chart is accompanied by captions that offer accessible information about the species featured, the scientists and botanical illustrators who created it, and any particularly interesting or innovative features the chart displays. And gardeners will be pleased to discover useful information about plant anatomy and morphology and species differences. We see lilies and tulips, gourds, aquatic plants, legumes, poisonous plants, and carnivorous plants, all presented in exquisite, larger-than-life detail.
A unique fusion of art, science, and education, the wall charts gathered here offer a glimpse into a wonderful scientific heritage and are sure to thrill naturalists, gardeners, and artists alike.
224 pages | 300 color plates | 9 1/2 x 12 | © 2016
Art: Art--General Studies
Biological Sciences: Botany
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION:
THE SCIENTIST, THE ILLUSTRATOR & THE EDUCATOR
I
AMARYLLIDACEAE / AMARYLLIS FAMILY
II
APIACEAE OR UMBELLIFERAE / CARROT FAMILY
III
ARACEAE / ARUM FAMILY
IV
ASTERACEAE / DAISY FAMILY
V
BRASSICACEAE / CABBAGE FAMILY
VI
CARYOPHYLLACEAE / PINK FAMILY
VII
CONVOLVULACEAE / MORNING GLORY FAMILY
VIII
CUCURBITACEAE / GOURD FAMILY
IX
CYCADACEAE / CYCAD FAMILY
X
DROSERACEAE / SUNDEW FAMILY
XI
EUPHORBIACEAE / SPURGE FAMILY
XII
FABACEAE / BEAN FAMILY
XIII
HYDROCHARITACEAE / FROGBIT FAMILY & NYMPHAEACEAE / WATERLILY FAMILY
XIV
LILIACEAE / LILY FAMILY
XV
USACEAE / BANANA FAMILY & BROMELIACEAE / PINEAPPLE FAMILY
XVI
OLEACEAE / OLIVE FAMILY
XVII
ORCHIDACEAE / ORCHID FAMILY
XVIII
PAPAVERACEAE / POPPY FAMILY
XIX
PINACEAE / PINE FAMILY
XX
ROSACEAE / ROSE FAMILY
XXI
RUBIACEAE / COFFEE FAMILY
XXII
SOLANACEAE / POTATO, TOMATO, NIGHTSHADE FAMILY
XXIII
VITACEAE / GRAPE FAMILY
XIV
TYPES
XXV
BIBLIOGRAPHY
GLOSSARY
INDEX
PICTURE CREDITS
THE SCIENTIST, THE ILLUSTRATOR & THE EDUCATOR
I
AMARYLLIDACEAE / AMARYLLIS FAMILY
II
APIACEAE OR UMBELLIFERAE / CARROT FAMILY
III
ARACEAE / ARUM FAMILY
IV
ASTERACEAE / DAISY FAMILY
V
BRASSICACEAE / CABBAGE FAMILY
VI
CARYOPHYLLACEAE / PINK FAMILY
VII
CONVOLVULACEAE / MORNING GLORY FAMILY
VIII
CUCURBITACEAE / GOURD FAMILY
IX
CYCADACEAE / CYCAD FAMILY
X
DROSERACEAE / SUNDEW FAMILY
XI
EUPHORBIACEAE / SPURGE FAMILY
XII
FABACEAE / BEAN FAMILY
XIII
HYDROCHARITACEAE / FROGBIT FAMILY & NYMPHAEACEAE / WATERLILY FAMILY
XIV
LILIACEAE / LILY FAMILY
XV
USACEAE / BANANA FAMILY & BROMELIACEAE / PINEAPPLE FAMILY
XVI
OLEACEAE / OLIVE FAMILY
XVII
ORCHIDACEAE / ORCHID FAMILY
XVIII
PAPAVERACEAE / POPPY FAMILY
XIX
PINACEAE / PINE FAMILY
XX
ROSACEAE / ROSE FAMILY
XXI
RUBIACEAE / COFFEE FAMILY
XXII
SOLANACEAE / POTATO, TOMATO, NIGHTSHADE FAMILY
XXIII
VITACEAE / GRAPE FAMILY
XIV
TYPES
XXV
BIBLIOGRAPHY
GLOSSARY
INDEX
PICTURE CREDITS
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