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The Book of Flowers. 45th Ed.
Series: 45th Edition
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This volume appeals to enthusiasts of botanical art, historic illustration, and garden culture, as well as readers who appreciate fine art and the heritage of Parisian patronage.
Meet "the Raphael of flowers," botanical painter Pierre-Joseph Redouté. This book, adapted from our XL edition, gathers the finest engravings from Redouté's most important works, including Selection of the Most Beautiful Blooms and Branches with the Finest Fruits. The images recall the greenhouses and gardens of Paris in the early 1800s.
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Flower painter Pierre-Joseph Redouté (1759-1840) devoted himself exclusively to capturing the diversity of flowering plants in watercolour paintings which were then published as copper engravings, with careful botanical descriptions. The darling of wealthy Parisian patrons including Napoleon's wife Josephine, he was dubbed "the Raphael of flowers," and is regarded to this day as a master of botanical illustration.
This collection brings our best-selling XL-sized edition to a smaller, more convenient format, still gathering some of the finest colour engravings from Redouté's illustrations of Roses, Lilies, and Choix des plus belles fleurs et quelques branches des plus beaux fruits (Selection of the Most Beautiful Blooms and Branches with the Finest Fruits). Offering a vibrant overview of Redouté's admixture of accuracy and beauty, it is also a privileged glimpse into the magnificent gardens and greenhouses of a bygone Paris.
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The magic of Redouté's art continues to captivate with an almost meditative quality, described as a magnificent volume by Victoria Magazine. He is recognised as one of the most gifted botanical artists in history.
Book Details
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ISBN: 9783836556651
Publisher: Taschen GmbH
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 13 July 2020
Country: Germany
Imprint: Taschen GmbH
Edition: Multilingual edition
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 44.0mm
Width: 156.0mm
Height: 217.0mm
Weight: 1126g
Pages: 512
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About the Author
H. Walter Lack is a professor at the Free University of Berlin and former director of the Botanical Gardens and Botanical Museum in Berlin-Dahlem. A leading expert in the history of botany, his research focuses on the global transfer of useful and ornamental plants from a cultural historical perspective. He is the author of TASCHEN’s Garden of Eden, The Book of Palms and Redouté. The Book of Flowers.
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