{"product_id":"botanical-prints","title":"Botanical Prints","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003eSecond Hand (Hardcover)\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExcellent Condition\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe earliest botanical illustrations are found in ancient herbal practical works of knowledge, written to pass on crucial information about how to heal the sick.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAround the time of the Renaissance, however, flowers began to be more generally appreciated for their beauty, so talented artists set about capturing their magic. Botanical illustration developed into a high art form during the golden era of the 18th and early 19th centuries. From that era, date some of the most stunning examples of botanical art ever made.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe earliest known examples of published botanical illustration are found in the five-volume De Materia Medica written by the ancient Greek physician and scholar Pedanius Dioscorides, a travelling physician from Asia Minor who followed the Emperor Nero’s army as it campaigned across the Roman Empire.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMany other illustrators followed in the path of Dioscorides even Leonardo da Vinci tried his hand at botanicals but undoubtedly the most well-known illustrator is the Flemish artist Pierre Joseph Redouté (1759–1840), who painted exact scientific illustrations for the botanist Charles Louis L’Héritier. Redouté also became Marie-Antoinette’s official draftsman and Painter to the Queen’s Cabinet, especially well known today for his illustrations of roses.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sandra Forty","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43069105733801,"sku":"","price":5.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/files\/forty_8582e2d4-fd60-4baa-b629-71f04a43226a.jpg?v=1684552572","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/botanical-prints","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}