The Art of Natural History: Illustrated Treatises and Botanical Paintings, 1400-1850 (Studies in the History of Art Series) | 
 enlarge | Creators: Therese O'malley, Amy Meyers
Publisher: NGW-Stud Hist Art
Category: Book
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Media: Hardcover
Pages: 280
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Dimensions (in): 11.2 x 9.3 x 1.3
ISBN: 030012158X
Dewey Decimal Number: 760.0443
EAN: 9780300121582
ASIN: 030012158X
Publication Date: May 14, 2008
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DIVP style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: .25in .5in .75in 1.0in 1.25in 1.5in 1.75in 2.0in 2.25in 2.5in 2.75in 3.0in 3.25in 3.5in"#8220;Making knowledge visible#8221; is how one 16th-century naturalist described the work of the illustrator of botanical treatises. His words reflected the growing role played by illustrators at a time when the study of nature had been assuming new authority in the world of learning. An absorbing exploration of the relationship between image and text, this collection considers how both aided the development and transmission of scientific knowledge./PP style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: .25in .5in .75in 1.0in 1.25in 1.5in 1.75in 2.0in 2.25in 2.5in 2.75in 3.0in 3.25in 3.5in" /PP style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; tab-stops: .25in .5in .75in 1.0in 1.25in 1.5in 1.75in 2.0in 2.25in 2.5in 2.75in 3.0in 3.25in 3.5in"Presenting images found throughout Europe in works on natural history, medicine, botany, horticulture, and garden design, and studies of insects, birds, and animals, the contributors emphasize their artistic as well as scientific values. Illustrators are shown to have been both artists and either naturalists or gardeners, bringing to their work aesthetic judgment and empirical observation. Their fascinating images receive a fresh, wide-ranging analysis that covers such topics as innovation, patronage, readership, reception, technologies of production, and the relationship between the fine arts and scientific depictions of nature./P/DIV
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