{"title":"Andrew Griebeler","description":"\u003cp\u003eAndrew Griebeler’s work invites readers into the intricate world of visual expression, with a particular focus on the elegant beauty of botanical subjects. His books blend detailed illustration with thoughtful commentary, appealing to those who appreciate both art and nature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWithin the \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e category, Griebeler’s titles offer a unique perspective on botanical art, capturing the subtle intricacies of flora with precision and creativity. These books are ideal for anyone drawn to artistic explorations of the natural world.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"botanical-icons-by-andrew-griebeler-9780226826790","title":"Botanical Icons","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA richly illustrated account of how premodern botanical illustrations document evolving knowledge about plants and the ways they were studied in the past.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book traces the history of botanical illustration in the Mediterranean from antiquity to the early modern period. By examining Greek, Latin, and Arabic botanical inquiry in this early era, Andrew Griebeler shows how diverse and sophisticated modes of plant depiction emerged and ultimately gave rise to practices now recognised as central to modern botanical illustration. The author draws on centuries of remarkable and varied documentation from across Europe and the Mediterranean.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLavishly illustrated, \u003cem\u003eBotanical Icons\u003c\/em\u003e marshals ample evidence for a dynamic and critical tradition of botanical inquiry and nature observation in the late antique and medieval Mediterranean. The author reveals that many of the critical practices characteristic of modern botanical illustrations began in premodern manuscript culture. Consequently, he demonstrates that the distinctions between pre- and early modern botanical illustration centre more on the advent of print, the expansion of collections and documentation, and the narrowing of the range of accepted forms of illustration than on the invention of critical and observational practices exclusive to modernity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGriebeler's emphasis on continuity, intercultural collaboration, and the gradual transformation of Mediterranean traditions of critical botanical illustration persuasively counters previously prevalent narratives of rupture and Western European exceptionalism in the histories of art and science.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47455531860204,"sku":"9780226826790","price":104.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/71cp-UpcCrL._SL1500.jpg?v=1774779299"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/andrew-griebeler.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}