A new flowering
A new flowering - 1000 years of botanical art

By Shirley Sherwood

 

Published in 2005 by The Ashmolean Museum, colour, soft gatefold cover, 200 pages

 

Price $A69.95 plus $A12 postage within Australia [up to 3 kg], overseas postage please request a quote

 

ISBN 1854442066 or ISBN 9781854442062

 

A catalogue of The Ashmolean’s leading exhibition of 2005, providing a unique opportunity to compare illustrations by contemporary artists alongside remarkable botanical art of the past.

 

Table of contents

Foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales

Foreword by Dr Christopher Brown

Nature portrayed - botanical painting from antiquity to the contemporary age

The renaissance of contemporary botanical art

Catalogue [pages 16-171]

Biographies of contemporary artists

The scientific content of botanical illustration

Techniques of botanical illustration

Bibliography

Index of artists and authors