Botanical Sketchbooks

Helen Bynum, William Bynum

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Thames & Hudson
17 August 2023

Art & Architecture; Drawing & drawings; Botanical art

A visual compendium of botanical sketches, many specially photographed, providing a revealing insight into the immediate responses of artists encountering the glories of the plant world.

While highly finished drawings and paintings frequently feature in histories of botanical art, the preparatory sketches, first impressions and creative thoughts on paper behind them are rarely seen and have often remained hidden and locked away.

Botanical Sketchbooks brings these personal and vividly spontaneous records gloriously back into the light. In a series of biographical portraits organized thematically into four sections, the book illuminates a range of intriguing characters, from many different countries and cultures, including Germany, France, Italy, America, Australia, Japan and China. Sketchbooks proper are joined by notebooks, journals, albums, loose pieces of paper, works on vellum, manuscripts, letters, herbarium sheets and marginalia - even one drawing on the back of an envelope.

Turning the pages of this book will be an invitation to relive extraordinary experiences, imagine lost worlds, and be immersed in the endeavours, observations and motivations of the makers of such beautiful and enchanting art.

By: Helen Bynum, William Bynum
Imprint: Thames & Hudson
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 266mm, Width: 206mm,
Weight: 1.120kg
ISBN: 9780500297186
ISBN 10: 0500297185
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 17 August 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction: The Compulsion to Record I. Making Art II. Doing Science III. Made on Location IV. A Pleasing Occupation

Helen and William Bynum are historians of science and medicine, and also have a particular interest in gardening and plants and their importance in human culture and society. They have written or edited numerous books, including Great Discoveries in Medicine and Remarkable Plants, both published by Thames & Hudson.

Reviews for Botanical Sketchbooks

'A pure delight ... filled with fascinating facts as well as exquisite drawings' - The Reckless Gardener 'Excellent' - Daily Telegraph 'A portfolio of beauty' - Times Higher Education 'A tour of not only the natural world, but also the human imagination' - House & Garden