Exhibition Lecture - Weird, Wild & Wonderful: The Beauty of Ancient Plant Representations: Weird or Wonderful? by Alain Touwaide and Emanuela Appetiti
Rothenberg Hall, The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens San Marino, CA
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Exhibition Lecture - Weird, Wild & Wonderful: The Beauty of Ancient Plant Representations: Weird or Wonderful? by Alain Touwaide and Emanuela Appetiti
Botanical books produced before printing presses became widespread were often illustrated with hand painted color plant representations. They were produced from one another in an uninterrupted chain. Each such unique copy raises more questions than it solves: did the artists deform/transform earlier illustrations in a cumulative way through the centuries? If so, were their representations still useful? And were the representations at the origin of this chain naturalistic? In sum: are their illustrations weird or wonderful? To analyze these and other similar questions, the presentation will take a fresh approach that will lead to new conclusions.
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Rothenberg Hall, The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens (View)
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
United States
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