Flower Drawings

by David Scrase

Book Overview

This Handbook illustrates a selection of drawings of flowers from the collection at the Fitzwilliam Museum. The book is arranged chronologically and ranges from the fifteenth century to the present day. Beginning with illustrations from the borders and backgrounds of illuminated manuscripts, the selection traces the form through attempts at accurate delineation of form during the Renaissance to the more scientific approach of the later seventeenth...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521585783
• ISBN13: 9780521585781
• Release Date: July 1997
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.7" x 9.4"