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Treasures of botanical art : icons from the Shirley Sherwood and Kew Collections / Shirley Sherwood and Martyn Rix.

Title
Treasures of botanical art : icons from the Shirley Sherwood and Kew Collections / Shirley Sherwood and Martyn Rix.
Author
Sherwood, Shirley
Publication
Richmond, Surrey : Kew Publishing, 2008.

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  • Rix, Martyn
  • Shirley Sherwood Collection.
  • Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Description
272 p. : ill. (chiefly col); 29 cm.
Summary
"Botanical art is undergoing a remarkable renaissance. Treasures of Botanical Art reveals the history of botanical painting, its beauty and science, with works from two renowned collections and over one hundred significant artists, dating from the late 1400s through to today."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject
  • Sherwood, Shirley > Art collections > Exhibitions
  • Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew > Catalogs
  • Botanical illustration > Exhibitions
  • Plants in art > Exhibitions
  • Flowers in art > Exhibitions
  • Botanical artists > Biography
Genre/Form
  • Catalogs
  • Catalogs.
Note
  • Catalog to accompany the exhibition held in the Shirley Sherwood Gallery at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, April 19-October 19, 2008.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 268-270) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The Shirley Sherwood gallery of botanical art -- The enduring importance of botanical painting -- The Shirley Sherwood Collection -- The Kew Collection-- The age of antiquity -- The age of discovery -- The age of the exotic.
ISBN
  • 9781842463680 (hdbk.)
  • 1842463683
  • 9781842462218 (pbk.)
  • 1842462210
OCLC
228374801
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library