BOTANICAL SKETCHBOOKS

While highly finished drawings and paintings frequently feature in histories of botanical art, the preparatory sketches, first impre ssions and creative thoughts on paper behind them are rarely seen and have often remained hidden and locked away. Botanical Sketchbo oks brings these personal and vividly spontaneous records gloriously back into the light. In a series of biographical portraits orga nized thematically into four sections, the book illuminates a range of intriguing characters, from many different countries and cult ures, in...[Llegir més]