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The Art of Natural History

Illustrated Treatises and Botanical Paintings, 1400-1850

written by Amy R W Meyers, Therese O'Malley

Yale University Press | ISBN 9780300160246

Paperback – 280 pages

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A growing role was played by botanical illustrators when the study of nature assumed new authority in the world of learning during the Renaissance. This collection considers how both image and text aided the development and transmission of scientific knowledge. 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 value. Illustrators are shown to have been both artists and either naturalists or gardeners, bringing aesthetic judgment and empirical observation to their work. Their fascinating images receive fresh, wide-ranging analysis which covers such topics as innovation, patronage, readership, reception, technologies of production, and the relationship between the fine arts and scientific depictions of nature.

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