A Garden Eden / Ein Garten Eden / Un Jardin d'Eden: Masterpieces of Botanical Illustration / Meisterwerke der Botanischen Illustration / Chefs-D'Oeuvre de L'illustration Botanique - Hardcover

Lack, H. Walter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3836559420 ISBN 13: 9783836559423

Publisher: Taschen America Llc, 2016

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

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 and The Book of Palms.

Review:

“A Marvellian world of botanical delights unfurls.”

About this edition

• Publisher: Taschen America Llc
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 3836559420
• ISBN 13: 9783836559423
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 725