Drawn After Nature - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Drawn After Nature write by Jan de Koning. This book was released on 2008. Drawn After Nature available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Drawn after Nature
Drawn after Nature - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Drawn after Nature write by Jan Koning. This book was released on 2017-03-27. Drawn after Nature available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Drawn after nature presents a vivid and complete picture of a unique historical collection of botanical watercolours. Botanists, art lovers, historians as well as the general public will enjoy this publication of the watercolours, their annotations and their history, but above all their supreme beauty and display of craftsmanship. For over 300 years, the Preußische Staatsbibliothek in Berlin held a most remarkable collection of botanical watercolours. They were catalogued as part of the library’s illustrated manuscripts, or Libri Picturati. These magnificent works of art, rich in colour and detail, were made in the second half of the 16th century in the southern part of the Low Countries. In the 1970s the complete set of watercolours had been rediscovered and sparked the interest of historians, art historians and botanists alike. Together they set out to unravel the many secrets still held by the Libri Picturati’s watercolours: who had collected them, and why? A team of pre-eminent European scientists worked together on these and other intriguing questions surrounding the collection. They unveiled the important role played by the famous Dutch botanist Carolus Clusius, who later founded the University of Leiden’s Botanical Gardens. Drawn after nature contains accessible and informative chapters on the collection’s history, but most importantly: it brings together all of the original 1429 watercolours and sketches, for the first time in one volume, accompanied by their original annotations.
Beatrix Potter
Beatrix Potter - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Beatrix Potter write by Annemarie Bilclough. This book was released on 2022-02-22. Beatrix Potter available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This beautiful book explores the beloved writer’s achievements as a storyteller, artist, and naturalist. Beatrix Potter’s universe of characters—Peter Rabbit, Squirrel Nutkin, Jemima Puddleduck—have delighted audiences for over a century. A creative pioneer and determined entrepreneur, she combined scientific observation with imaginative storytelling to create some of the world’s best-loved children’s books. This volume showcases Potter’s charming charac-ters against the backdrop of her exquisite botanical drawings, humorous illustrated letters to friends, Lake District landscapes, and rarely seen photographs. Beatrix Potter’s endearingly hand-painted world of animals and gardens made her one of the most celebrated children’s book authors of all time, yet this is but one facet of her creative life. Drawn to the picturesque English countryside after a London childhood, Potter had a passion for nature that influenced her many achievements as a naturalist, artist, storyteller, and later in life as a fervent conservationist and “gentlewoman” farmer. This book sheds light upon the connections between her art, entrepreneurial success, and legacy in preservation.
Drawing Nature
Drawing Nature - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Drawing Nature write by Stanley Maltzman. This book was released on 1998-08. Drawing Nature available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Illustrations and step-by-step instructions help demonstrate the different techniques that are used to draw nature scenes, including clouds, mountains, water, and trees.
Drawn to Nature
Drawn to Nature - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Drawn to Nature write by Clare Walker Leslie. This book was released on 2005-01-01. Drawn to Nature available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Reveling in the wonders of nature doesnÕt have to be reserved for vacation. By simply taking a few minutes to look up and observe the hawks hovering over their nest at the top of a city building, or to look down and note the variety of weeds growing in a small patch of earth, or just to glance through the window and appreciate the shapes of the clouds moving by, anyone can connect with natureÑanywhere, anytime. Clare Walker Leslie, author of the bestselling book Keeping a Nature Journal, has spent 25 years teaching and showing people how simple and rewarding it is to notice and record local nature. Nothing is more inspiring than the pages of her nature journals, which feature her daily recordings of small, but amazing natural events sheÕs seen while walking the dog, sitting in a park with her children, or driving around city streets. Drawn to Nature features a selection of LeslieÕs journal pages, arranged to inspire the reader to do as she does: look up, look down, look out and around, bring bits of nature indoors to observe and study, or take your eyes for a walk around the neighborhood. Using a combination of quick, impressionistic watercolors with more detailed pen and pencil drawings, along with the written word, Leslie invites readers to share in the pleasure of her nature watching, and to experience the joy of seeing and connecting with nature wherever they live, amidst the whirl of daily life. For journal keepers, nature lovers, birdwatchers, artists, and anyone interested in using nature as a source for self-reflection or meditation, this book will be a welcome companion and source of inspiration.
