Author : William Farquhar
Publisher : Editions Didier Millet
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 34,23 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Art
ISBN : 9814217697
Colonel William Farquhar (1774-1839) was a British Colonial Officer who became Commandant of Malacca in 1803, a post through which he was able o indulge his interest in natural history, sending men to collect various plant and animal specimens, which he then commissioned artists to paint.
Author : Sarah Morrish
Publisher : The Crowood Press
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 21,18 MB
Release : 2021-08-23
Category : Art
ISBN : 1785009230
This beautiful book combines the author's extensive ecological knowledge with art, and her passion for drawing with ink. It is packed with clear instruction and inspirational illustrations, and will be treasured by artists, illustrators, scientists and ecologists alike. Practical advice is given on using a range of materials and equipment for illustrating in pen and ink, as well as the collection and preservation of subject matter and reference material. Detailed instruction is given on how to create essential mark-making techniques that will enhance your illustrations through accurate depiction of shape, form, texture and pattern, and in the principles and elements of design. Subject-themed chapters include plants, strandline and marine specimens, fossils, invertebrates, and mammals. There are step-by-step exercises suitable for all skill levels, and case studies describing working practice as a professional illustrator.
Author : Judith Magee
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 26,16 MB
Release : 2018-04-12
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780565094423
Art of Nature is an astonishing visual record of the exploration of parts of the natural world that had never previously been documented. It features many of the greatest natural history artists of the last 300 years--Merian, Bartram, Ehret, the Bauer brothers, Audubon, and Gould. Some were seeking fame as scientists or artists, others sought financial gain or at least the prospect of earning a living in what they loved doing. For some it also provided them with the opportunity to present their view of nature to a wider community. Whatever the reasons, few would have contradicted Humboldt's comment that he was "spurred on by an uncertain longing for what is distant and unknown, for whatever excited my fantasy: danger at sea, the desire for adventures, to be transported from a boring daily life to a marvellous world." Continent by continent, Judith Magee draws on the unrivaled collections of the Library of the Natural History Museum in London to illustrate the development of natural history art through the centuries and its crucial role in furthering people's appreciation of nature all around the world.
Author : David Attenborough
Publisher : Kales Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 50,22 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780979845628
Filmmaker Attenborough provides an introductory survey of the artistic representation of plants and animals through human history, beginning with Leonardo da Vinci's drawings and continuing on through the mid-1700s.
Author : Keith Lye
Publisher :
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 34,29 MB
Release : 1996-05
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780811496650
The early reader's introduction to the human body, the planet, and our neighbors in space Simple, powerful descriptions clarify complex body systems, Earth habitats, forces of nature, environmental concerns, and space exploration. Each book includes an illustrated glossary and an index.What are volcanoes? How can scientists predict an eruption? Investigate causes, effects, and benefits of volcanoes through history.
Author : American Museum of Natural History
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,4 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Illustrated books
ISBN : 9781454912149
Highlights 40 masterworks of illustrated scientific art from the Rare Book Collection of the American Museum of Natural History.
Author : Gemma Anderson-Tempini
Publisher : Intellect Books
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 15,42 MB
Release : 2017-10-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 1783208112
In recent history, the arts and sciences have often been considered opposing fields of study, but a growing trend in drawing research is beginning to bridge this divide. Gemma Anderson’s Drawing as a Way of Knowing in Art and Science introduces tested ways in which drawing as a research practice can enhance morphological insight, specifically within the natural sciences, mathematics and art. Inspired and informed by collaboration with contemporary scientists and Goethe’s studies of morphology, as well as the work of artist Paul Klee, this book presents drawing as a means of developing and disseminating knowledge, and of understanding and engaging with the diversity of natural and theoretical forms, such as animal, vegetable, mineral and four dimensional shapes. Anderson shows that drawing can offer a means of scientific discovery and can be integral to the creation of new knowledge in science as well as in the arts.
Author : Henrietta McBurney
Publisher : Paul Mellon Centre
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 38,92 MB
Release : 2021-06-22
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781913107192
This book explores the life and work of the 18th-century English artist, explorer, naturalist, and author Mark Catesby (1683-1749). During Catesby's lifetime, science was poised to shift from a world of amateur virtuosi to one of professional experts. He worked against a backdrop of global travel that incorporated collecting and direct observation of nature. Catesby spent two prolonged periods in the New World--in Virginia (1712-19) and South Carolina and the Bahamas (1722-26)--which he documented in Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, the first large-format, color-plate book on the natural history of North America. Interweaving elements of art history, history of science, natural history illustration, painting materials, book history, paper studies, garden history, and colonial history, this volume brings together a wealth of unpublished images as well as previously unpublished letters by Catesby, with contemporary accounts of his collecting and encounters in the wild, and details of the materials and techniques of packing and transporting plants and animals across the Atlantic.
Author : Steven J. Phillips
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 676 pages
File Size : 50,66 MB
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520219809
"A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert provides the most complete collection of Sonoran Desert natural history information ever compiled and is a perfect introduction to this biologically rich desert of North America."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : British Museum (Natural History)
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 25,99 MB
Release : 199?
Category : Natural history
ISBN :
