Tag Archives: Botanical Art

Detail of Besler Pl. 103, Corallina peony, Lady’s-mantle, Sanicle
How to Distinguish Between the Various Editions of Besler’s ‘Garden of Eichstätt’

A practical guide to understanding and identifying the different editions of Besler’s folio through paper [...]

29
Jul
Plant Mutations in the Botanical Prints of Pierre-Joseph Redouté

A consideration of the artistic rendering of the Tulip Breaking Virus, and the phenomenon of [...]

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22
Jun
Encountering the Amazon through Margaret Mee’s Lens

A consideration of Mee's implicit and overt depictions of symbiotic ecosystems in her paintings of [...]

21
Jun
The Historical Significance of Botanical Illustration

A consideration of the motives behind picturing plants including the functional uses and theoretical implications [...]

16
Jun
The Symbolic Implications of the Pineapple

Visually flamboyant, gustatorily delicious, and polarizing when placed on pizza, the pineapple is a fruit [...]

16
Jun
A Comparative Analysis of Poiteau and Brookshaw’s Pomological Prints

A Consideration of the Aesthetic, Technical, and Didactic Components of Poiteau and Brookshaw’s Depictions of [...]

22
Dec
Basilius Besler’s Hortus Eystettensis or Garden of Eichstätt

A Floral Monument Lending Perpetuity to Temporality

01
Dec
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Merian’s Metamorphosis of the Insects of Suriname

Visualizing Contained Ecosystems and Insect Development

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16
Nov