Drawn From Nature

The Flowering of Irish Botanical Art

Patricia Butler

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ACC Art Books
01 December 2023

Botanical art

For centuries, artists of all disciplines have expressed delight in nature through the highly skilled and captivating medium of botanical art.

The distinguished contributions of Irish botanical artists include records of plants from 17th-century Ireland, early illustrated floras and botanical art found in the field of design. Drawn from Nature: The Flowering of Irish Art also covers the importance of botanical art to the Ordnance Survey of Ireland during the 19th century, as well as the vital plant portraits produced by Irish women. These portraits assisted generations of botanists in understanding and describing the natural world but received scant recognition.

Published for the first time, these outstanding examples of Irish botanical art, from both public and private collections, demonstrate a shared desire by botanical artists to observe, illuminate and record Ireland's unique flora. This book finally affords them the recognition they deserve.

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Foreword by Dr Shirley Sherwood, OBE .

Features 220 colour illustrations .

Unique account of Irish botanical art by author, art historian, and curator, Patricia Butler .

Demonstrates the significant contributions made by Irish artists in the field of botanical art .

Glorious botanical artworks from the 17th century to the present

220 colour illustrations

By: Patricia Butler
Imprint: ACC Art Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 270mm, Width: 215mm,
Weight: 1.431kg
ISBN: 9781788842365
ISBN 10: 1788842367
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 01 December 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Reviews for Drawn From Nature: The Flowering of Irish Botanical Art

""Generous colour illustrations throughout the book, often full-page, complement her elegant text. As an exhaustive guide to the genre’s evolution in Ireland, it merits warm welcome."" - Apollo Magazine Book launch at the National Gallery of Ireland on Wednesday 25th October. - National Gallery of Ireland ""...a meticulously-researched and beautifully-illustrated publication which is impressively comprehensive in its scope."" - The Irish Times ""Drawn from nature is an illuminating pot-pourri paying tribute to the women and men, few of them professional artists, who have portrayed plants from Ireland and elsewhere since the eighteenth century."" - Archives of Natural History