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Painting by numbers : the life and art of Ferdinand Bauer
- Title
- Painting by numbers : the life and art of Ferdinand Bauer / David J. Mabberley.
- Author
- Mabberley, D. J.
- Publication
- Sydney, NSW : NewSouth Publishing, 2017.
- ©2017
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book/Text | Use in library | NC994.5.B34 M33 2017q Oversize | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- State Library of New South Wales.
- Description
- ix, 246 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits; 31 cm
- Summary
- Ferdinand Bauer is seen by many as the greatest natural history painter of all time. Hand-picked by Joseph Banks in 1801-05, Bauer accompanied Matthew Flinders during his circumnavigation of Australia, and lived in New South Wales and Norfolk Island. Already celebrated in Europe for the precision and beauty of his paintings, it was during this commission that Bauer perfected the technique of sketching and colour-coding in the field, and then colouring later - painting by numbers. This fascinating new study of Bauer's work includes reproductions of never-before-published works from collections in Europe and Australia. Written by one of the world's foremost botanical scholars, Painting by Numbers reveals Bauer's innovative colour-coding technique for the first time. Sales Points: Ties in with the Painting by Numbers online exhibition at the State Library of NSW, launching in November ; beautifully designed and produced book packed with stunning illustrations, many never before published ; reveals fascinating new information and insights about Bauer and his `painting by numbers' technique ; one of the world's foremost botanical scholars on the life and work of perhaps the greatest natural history painter of all time.
- Alternative Title
- Life and art of Ferdinand Bauer
- Subjects
- Natural history illustrators
- Botanical artists
- Biography
- Biographies
- Australian
- Tierdarstellung
- Pflanzendarstellung
- Maltechnik
- Illustration
- Farbgestaltung
- Australia
- Austria
- Natural history illustration > Australia
- Botanical illustration > Australia
- Natural history illustrators > Austria > Biography
- Botanical artists > Austria > Biography
- Bauer, Ferdinand Lukas 1760-1826
- Bauer, Ferdinand, 1760-1826
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Note
- "A NewSouth Book"--Title page verso.
- "Published in association with the DX Lab at the State Library of New South Wales in conjunction with the online experience Painting by Numbers: the works of Ferdinand Bauer"--Title page verso.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- The discipline of technique: Central Europe -- Applying the technique in the field: the Mediterranean -- 'Finishing' technique: Flora graeca and Fauna graeca -- The genus Pinus -- Perfecting the technique: the Pacific -- Terra Australis circumnavigated -- Bauer unleashed -- Illustrationes Florae Novae Hollandiae -- Stability at last -- The legacy.
- ISBN
- 9781742235226
- 1742235220
- LCCN
- 2018411014
- OCLC
- on1031222567
- SCSB-9608622
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library