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A Garden Eden. Masterpieces of Botanical Illustration H. Walter Lack

A Garden Eden. Masterpieces of Botanical Illustration By H. Walter Lack

A Garden Eden. Masterpieces of Botanical Illustration by H. Walter Lack


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Art meets science in this beautiful catalogue of botanical illustration. Drawn from the archives of the National Library of Vienna, these exquisite color reproductions range from 6th-century manuscripts to 19th-century masterpieces and celebrate both the skill of botanical artists and the abundance of natural flora.

A Garden Eden. Masterpieces of Botanical Illustration Summary

A Garden Eden. Masterpieces of Botanical Illustration by H. Walter Lack

In pursuit of both knowledge and delight, the craft of botanical illustration has always required not only meticulous draftsmanship but also a rigorous scientific understanding. This new edition of a TASCHEN classic celebrates the botanical tradition and talents with a selection of outstanding works from the National Library of Vienna, including many new images. From Byzantine manuscripts right through to 19th-century masterpieces, through peonies, callas, and chrysanthemums, these exquisite reproductions dazzle in their accuracy and their aesthetics. Whether in gently furled leaves, precisely textured fruits, or the sheer beauty and variety of colors, we celebrate an art form as tender as it is precise, and ever more resonant amid our growing awareness of our ecological surroundings and the preciousness of natural flora.

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A Marvellian world of botanical delights unfurls. * The Times *

About H. Walter Lack

H. Walter Lack is a professor at the Free University of Berlin and former director of the Botanical Gardens and Botanical Museum in Berlin-Dahlem. A leading expert in the history of botany, his research focuses on the global transfer of useful and ornamental plants from a cultural historical perspective. He is the author of TASCHEN's Garden of Eden, The Book of Palms and Redoute. The Book of Flowers.

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GOR009167900
9783836559423
3836559420
A Garden Eden. Masterpieces of Botanical Illustration by H. Walter Lack
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Taschen GmbH
20160425
728
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