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From reference specimen to verisimilitude: the Blaschkas' penchant for botanical accuracy.
- Source :
- Historical Biology; 2008, Vol. 20 Issue 1, p11-18, 8p, 1 Color Photograph, 1 Illustration
- Publication Year :
- 2008
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Abstract
- The Glass Flowers Collection, commissioned from Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka, was created in 1886 through 1936 to illustrate the plant kingdom for the Botanical Museum at Harvard University. The models are both examples of superb flameworking, and represent botanical sciences in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The Blaschkas' reference materials and the artistic license they sometimes incorporated are discussed. Emphasis is given to the early lifecycle series (1889, 1893) and the last models that depict blight on temperate fruits (1929, 1932, 1936). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 08912963
- Volume :
- 20
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Historical Biology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 31411761
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/08912960701677432