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 AN ARTFUL SCIENCE: Botanical Prints
Leaf through a collection of 18th and 19th century botanical prints and you’ll journey
through a garden of delights. Scarlet, ruffled roses. Crisp, organza-thin
anemones. White wild roses perched on slender green tendrils. Hummingbirds flashing
gilded heads. Raccoons--each hair tinged
delicately in ochre and black--sport rascally expressions.
If you go back in time, botanical representations date to ancient Roman mosaics, modern day
illustrator, Angela Overy, says. Depicting the
natural world gained momentum during the Middle Ages in herbals that monks illustrated to
identify medicinal plants. Throughout the Renaissance, the twin virtues of art and
science consumed Leonardo da Vinci and master printer Albrecht Dürer.
 The
rest of this story is now contained in "Colorado Antique Lover's Guide" by
Front Range Living and Fulcrum Publishing. It can be purchased through www.fulcrum-books.com
or at bookstores, such as: www.tatteredcover.com,
www.barnesandnoble.com,
www.borders.com
or www.amazon.com.
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