"The artworks in this book have been arranged in pairs to highlight interesting comparisons and contrasts based loosely on their subject, age, purpose, origin or appearance. This organizational system is not definitive and many other arrangements would have been possible. A chronological survey of botanical art can be found in the timeline at the back."--Title page verso.
Contents:
Introduction -- Works of art -- Timeline -- Plant taxonomy & glossary -- Selected biographies -- Further reading -- Index.
Subject Terms:
Plants in art -- Pictorial works. | Plants in art -- History. | Flowers in art -- Pictorial works. | Botanical illustration. | Botanical illustration -- History. | Cloth or Hardcover. | Gardening -- Horticulture. | General. | Flowers in art. | Botanical illustration. | Plants in art.
Form/Genre:
Illustrated works. | Pictorial works. | History. | Illustrated works.