Great Bird Paintings of the World: The Eighteenth Century v.2: The Eighteenth Century Vol 2 by Christine E. Jackson (1994-09-23) Hardcover

Kirjeldus

ISBN: 9781851491995
Aasta: 1993
Kirjastus: Antique Collectors’ Club
Autor(id): Christine E. Jackson
Kirjeldus: In this second volume of a five-part series Christine Jackson illustrates works by major artists of the period, including Pieter Casteels, Marmaduke Cradock, Willem Frederick van Royen, Tobias Stranover, Jakob Bogdani and Abraham Bisschop. She not only discusses the artists and their frequent use of symbolism in the paintings, but also gives us many fascinating glimpses into bird behaviour. The combination of the author’s scholarly research and ornithological knowledge has cast new light on this subject and the result is a book which will appeal to everyone interested in art and ornithology. Covers the golden age of bird painting, a time of discovery for naturalists and of new techniques and media for artists — such as watercolour – manifested in the growing sensitivity of artists to nature and their heightened observational skills.