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HAWAII STATE PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM
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Laurent, Anna, author.
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Botany -- Charts, diagrams, etc.
Plants -- Pictorial works.
Botanical illustration -- History.
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Botanical art from t...
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Botanical art from the golden age of scientific discovery / Anna Laurent.
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Laurent, Anna, author.
Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, c2016.
Subjects
Botany -- Charts, diagrams, etc.
Plants -- Pictorial works.
Botanical illustration -- History.
ISBN:
9780226321073 (hardcover : alk. paper) :
022632107X (hardcover : alk. paper)
Description:
224 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Contents:
Introduction: the scientist, the illustrator, & the educator -- Amaryllidaceae/amaryllis family -- Apiaceae or umbelliferae/carrot family -- Araceae/arum family -- Asteraceae/daisy family -- Brassicaceae/cabbage family -- Caryophyllaceae/pink family -- Convulvulaceae/morning glory family -- Cucurbitaceae/gourd family -- Cycadaceae/cycad family -- Droseraceae/sundew family -- Euphorbiaceae/spurge family -- Fabaceae/bean family -- Hydrocharitaceae/frogbit fmaily & nymphaeaceae/waterlily family -- Liliaceae/lily family -- Musaceae/banana family & bromeliaceae/pineapple family -- Oleaceae/olive family -- Orchidaceae/orchid family -- Papaveraceae/poppy family -- Pinaceae/pine family -- Rosaceae/rose family -- Rubiaceae/coffee family -- Solanaceae/potato, tomato, nightshade family -- Vitaceae/grape family -- Types.
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"Throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, wall charts were a classroom staple, 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 But it's only now that they've been superseded as a teaching tool that we have begun to realize something their ubiquity hid: they are stunning examples of botanical art at its finest.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."--Publisher's description.
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