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9781556709364

Pressed Plant : The Art of Botanical Specimens, Nature Prints, and Sun Prints

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  • ISBN13:

    9781556709364

  • ISBN10:

    1556709366

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1999-10-18
  • Publisher: Harry N Abrams Inc

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Summary

A colorful history of plant collection including instructions, sources for materials, & a collectors buying guide.

Author Biography

Andrea DiNoto is a writer specializing in design and collecting. She was a contributing editor for Connoisseur magazine David Winter began his career as a sculptor. He is now the owner of Winter Works on Paper, a private New York gallery specializing in art photography, original prints, botanical specimens, and nature prints.

Table of Contents

Preface: The Collectionp. 8
Introduction: Botanical Art, From Jurassic Lilies to Sun Picturesp. 12
The Plant Collectedp. 18
Botanical Specimensp. 20
The Plant's Impressionp. 90
Nature Printsp. 92
Sun Picturesp. 118
Afterword: The Persistence of Botany: Real Plants in Contemporary Artp. 130
Appendices
Collecting And Preserving Plant Specimensp. 135
A Nineteenth-Century Guide to Pressing and Mounting Seaweedsp. 141
Nature-printing guidelines and materials sourcesp. 150
Herbarium collections and botanical gardensp. 153
Bibliographyp. 156
Indexp. 158
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