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- catalog abstract "Examines artwork created through the preservation of plants. "Grass, flower, seaweed, leaf- every plant is a perfect form. When pressed to paper, its perfection is dramtically captured and revealed- as a work of nature, but with a kinship to art. The Pressed Plant is the first book to demonstrate this aesthetic phenomenon through hundreds of stunning illustrations that date from the eighteenth to the twentieth century, most of which have never been published."--- Book jacket front flap.".
- catalog alternative "Art of botanical specimens, nature prints, and sun pictures".
- catalog contributor b11483394.
- catalog contributor b11483395.
- catalog contributor b11483396.
- catalog created "1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1999.".
- catalog description ""Grass, flower, seaweed, leaf- every plant is a perfect form. When pressed to paper, its perfection is dramtically captured and revealed- as a work of nature, but with a kinship to art. The Pressed Plant is the first book to demonstrate this aesthetic phenomenon through hundreds of stunning illustrations that date from the eighteenth to the twentieth century, most of which have never been published."--- Book jacket front flap.".
- catalog description "Examines artwork created through the preservation of plants.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 156-157) and index.".
- catalog description "Preface : The collection -- Introduction : Botanical art, from Jurassic lilies to sun pictures -- Part one : The plant collected ; Botanical specimens -- Part two : The plant's impression ; Nature prints ; Sun pictures -- Afterword : The persistence of botany : real plants in contemporary art.".
- catalog extent "160 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Pressed plant.".
- catalog identifier "1556709366".
- catalog identifier "9781556709364".
- catalog isFormatOf "Pressed plant.".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Stewart, Tabori & Chang,".
- catalog relation "Pressed plant.".
- catalog subject "580/.75/2 21".
- catalog subject "Botanical specimens Collection and preservation.".
- catalog subject "Nature prints.".
- catalog subject "Plant prints.".
- catalog subject "Pressed flower pictures.".
- catalog subject "SB449.3.P7 D56 1999".
- catalog subject "Sunprinting (Photography)".
- catalog tableOfContents "Preface : The collection -- Introduction : Botanical art, from Jurassic lilies to sun pictures -- Part one : The plant collected ; Botanical specimens -- Part two : The plant's impression ; Nature prints ; Sun pictures -- Afterword : The persistence of botany : real plants in contemporary art.".
- catalog title "Art of botanical specimens, nature prints, and sun pictures".
- catalog title "The pressed plant : the art of botanical specimens, nature prints, and sun pictures / Andrea DiNoto & David Winter ; photography by John Berens.".
- catalog type "text".