Le terme « herbier » dans son acceptation première désigne un ouvrage traitant des plantes. C'est ce sens qu'il faudra retenir pour l'herbier que nous vous proposons. Nous avons choisi l'herbier de Basilius Besler, médecin, botaniste et éditeur allemand, du XVIe-XVIIe siècle. Besler dirigea la pharmacie Zum Marienbild à Nuremberg de 1589 à 1629, ville où il créa également un jardin botanique et un cabinet de curiosités. En 1597, l'évêque...

Audubon's ambitious project to paint all the birds of North America resulted in a work that represents one of the greatest advances in ornithology. Not only did he identify new species, he also depicted birds within their natural habitat and in vivid poses. This impressive collection ranges from the Greater Flamingo and Bald Eagle to the Carolina parakeet. Audubon describes every species in concise texts, drawing attention the peculiarities of each...

Flowers are the centerpiece in the majority of pictorial still-lifes. By painting their colours and forms, artists from Brueghel to O'Keeffe have created symbols for both life and mortality. Van Gogh's sunflowers, Monet's water lilies and Matisse's bouquets are, of course, unforgotten. Most of the works contained in Flowers are true masterpieces, which have often marked whole epochs and styles.

Bird Photography Essentials features 165 color photos and a discussion of proper birding gear and field techniques. Especially helpful is a long section of 72 Photo Study examples analyzing particular photographs; also, a Gallery of 54 photos and sections on Birding Hotspots and helpful internet sites.

From Rembrandt's monumental elephant and Toulouse-Lautrec's prancing circus steed to Rubens' masterly brush-and-ink study of a lion, this unique collection portrays all manner of creatures from the animal kingdom. More than 100 royalty-free illustrations - 17 in color - include magnificent works by: Hieronymus Bosch, Albrecht Dürer, Anthony van Dyck, Francisco Goya, Leonardo da Vinci, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Diego Velazquez, Fra Bartolommeo, Katsushika...

In this comprehensive guide, acclaimed artist William F. Powell invites you into his artistic world as he shows you how to render a variety of beautiful flowers in pencil. After sharing helpful tips for choosing materials, shading with pencil, and creating floral arrangements, he explores drawing techniques with step-by-step demonstrations that feature his own personal method for developing a drawing to its fullest potential. And the lessons feature...

Agathe royale, duchesse d'Orléans, églantine de la reine Elisabeth, ou rosier blanc royal, la rose, reine des fleurs, fascine, étonne et ennivre. Dessinées par Pierre-Joseph Redouté, ces fleurs délicates sont des modèles admirables de grâce et de fragilité, qui élèvent le dessin botanique à la hauteur d'œuvre d'art inestimable.

From one of the biggest names in Art Nouveau design comes this splendid visual encyclopedia of superior artistic studies of plants and flowers. Its 120 images were selected from a rare, century-old, four-volume set of botanical illustrations. Cherry blossoms, clematis, crown imperial, and other specimens appear side by side in full-page plates that contrast magnificent color renditions with meticulous black-and-white drawings. A leading designer in...

The seasons of northeastern part of the US and Canada inspires many poems and photographs. This is a collection of that work the third poetry and photography collection

Catching a horse at exactly the right moment, in precisely the right environment, is a challenge, but Horse Photography offers the answers. Walker covers technical details such as camera and lens selection, background and lighting, and the book offers more: Walker's own perspective as a horsewoman. Her explanation of the horse's gaits, for example, will open every photographer's eyes to the most beautiful moments of a horse in motion, and yield finer,...