Botanical charts are experiencing a resurgence in interest, both as pieces of art and as objects of scientific and historical significance, and The Botanical Wall Chart documents this extraordinary convergence of disciplines that flourished in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries.
Europe was enjoying a golden age of botanical illustration, naturalists were exploring the globe, and there was a calamour for knowledge of the natural world. Intellectual curiosity was no longer limited to the few; education was now considered a right afforded to all, in classrooms across the continent. And thus the botanical wall chart was born, a synthesis of art, science and education. This collection of wall charts from all over the globe, each accompanied by text explaining its historical and botanical contexts, has been put together by botanist Anna Laurent, and will delight anyone with an interest in the natural world.
- ISBN10 1781573328
- ISBN13 9781781573327
- Publish Date 11 August 2016
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 5 March 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Octopus Publishing Group
- Imprint Ilex
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 224
- Language English