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208 pages, 4to (293 x 220 mm), 116 colour plates, 8 colour photographs, half leather, cloth sides, slip case. Collectors' Edition limited to 100 copes
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[Arnold (Marion) Editor] : SOUTH AFRICAN BOTANICAL ART, Peeling Back the Petals
208 pages, 4to (293 x 220 mm), 116 colour plates, 8 colour photographs, cloth, d.w.. Standard Edition, 2000 unnumbered copies
A significant contribution to the understanding of botanical art. Remarkable images of plants, created by the most talented of botanical artists, are housed in store-rooms of botanical institutes and museums. Yet the oil paintings, etchings and watercolours of 'fine' artists - depicting the same plants - are located in art galleries. Why are plant portraits classified differently and kept apart? Is plant imagery to do with science, or with art? Do the two 'kinds' of art ever meet? This unique and ground breaking book metaphorically 'peels back the petals' to explore southern African plant portraiture and discovers the meanings ascribed to the genres of 'botanical art'.Well known for their particular contributions to botany, art, and art history, authors Marion Arnold, Peter Goldblatt, John Manning, John Rourke and Dee Snijman examine plant portraiture in southern Africa over several centuries. They provide engrossing and sometimes unique revelations on a broad spectrum of issues, including 'discovery', insect pollination, biological classification, specimen collection, plant naming, portraiture, and the manner and style of artistic representation. Their texts are enhanced and liberally illustrated by works of some of the countless travellers, botanists and artists who have so passionately and meticulously recorded South Africa's rich floral heritage.
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