Howarth - Gladston Lynne - Marianne North A Victorian Painter For The 21st Century - Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
Description: This lavishly - illustrated book re - assesses the work of the nineteenth - century botanical painter Marianne North (1830 - 1890) and the purpose - built gallery that houses her paintings at the Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. Lynne Howarth - Gladston a trained botanical illustrator and scholar re - examines North's working methods which extend beyond those of conventional botanical illustration and discusses North's painterly techniques in addition to her use of photography as a possible aid to her extraordinarily prolific output. Marianne North: A Victorian Painter for the 21st Century situates North both as an unconventional botanical painter and as a technically progressive artist who melded differing stylistic approaches techniques and media from both scientific and aesthetic perspectives. The study presents North as a progressive multi - faceted individual who was rooted in the complex circumstances of her own time. Yet it also reveals how her legacy continues to resonate with the concerns of the present day such as contemporary intersections between art and science artistic uses of multi - media feminism and climate change. Drawing on North's travel writing as well as her visual record the book offers a unique view of one of the most intriguing figures in the history of botanical art.
Title: Marianne North A Victorian Painter For The 21st Century
Author(s): Howarth - Gladston Lynne
Publisher: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
Barcode: 9781848226258
Pages: 160 Pages, 111 Illustrations, Color
Publication Date: 10/25/2024
Series: Northern Lights
Category: Botanical Art