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by Dolores Sk- Malloni (Illustrator), Rita Mary Parkinson (Illustrator), Rita Mary Parkinson (Author)
Most people associate botanical illustration with the classic works of the Golden Age of Botanical Art and their contemporary equivalents.The Botanical Art Files - Narratives takes a wider look beyond the traditional and looks at a variety of treatments and their roots in the contexts of horticulture, commerce and science.This wider field is open to all contemporary botanical artists to explore and develop in the developing field of botanical art.This book explores the various fields of botanical illustration, along with the people that pioneered its techniques, conventions and styles. It looks at others who have the power to inspire us, and considers what made them so unique.
