Living immersed in landscapes of great natural beauty, Tuscans have always harbored a deep love of flowers and gardens. During the Renaissance, in intellectual circles this propensity developed naturally into an interest in horticulture and the botanical sciences, subjects that would co-exist in perfect harmony with the Medici family's love of the arts. Published to coincide with an exhibition at the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, of about sixty-five works of art, primarily from Florentine collections, The ...
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Living immersed in landscapes of great natural beauty, Tuscans have always harbored a deep love of flowers and gardens. During the Renaissance, in intellectual circles this propensity developed naturally into an interest in horticulture and the botanical sciences, subjects that would co-exist in perfect harmony with the Medici family's love of the arts. Published to coincide with an exhibition at the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, of about sixty-five works of art, primarily from Florentine collections, The Flowering of Florence explores the close ties between art and the natural sciences in Tuscany as seen in the botanical renderings created in Florence for the Medici grand dukes from the late 1500s through the early 1700s. The catalog comprises an essay and checklist with reproductions of the exquisite works in the show. Examples include Jacopo Ligozzi's plant drawings in tempera on paper from the Uffizi Gallery, Giovanna Garzoni's fruit and flower paintings on vellum, and Bartolomeo Bimbi's later and much larger still-life paintings.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 1250grams, ISBN: 0853318573.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 8x0x11; 2002 National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C. ), 9 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches tall green cloth hardcover in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, gilt lettering to spine, copiously illustrated with color reproductions of artwork, 132 pp. A couple of very light, almost imperceptible stains to front cover. Otherwise, a near fine copy-clean, bright and unmarked-in a near fine dust jacket which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~SP16~ [3.0P] During the Renaissance, a deep love of flowers and gardens among Tuscans developed among intellectual circles to become an interest in horticulture and the botanical sciences-subjects which would co-exist in harmony with the Medici family's love of the arts. Published to coincide with an exhibition at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, of around 65 works of art, primarily from the Florentine collections, this volume explores the ties between art and the natural sciences in Tuscany as seen in the botanical renderings created in Florence for the Medici grand dukes from the late 1500s to the early 1700s. The catalogue comprises an essay and checklist with reproductions of the works in the show. Examples include Jacopo Ligozzi's plant drawings in tempera on paper from the Uffizi Gallery, Giovanna Garzoni's fruit and flower paintings on vellum, and Bartolomeo Bimbi's later and much larger still-life paintings.
