Botanical Art : a reading list

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Botanical Art : a reading list

June 2000, books available at ANBG or EA Libraries

Australian Biological Resources Study 1995, Flora of Australia : guide for illustrators .
Betteridge, M. 1979. Australian flora in art from the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Sydney
Blunt, W. 1994, The art of botanical illustration.
Brindle, J.V. 1982, Talking in flowers Japanese botanical art : catalogue of an exhibition 5 April to 16 July 1982
British Museum (Natural History) 1983, Sydney Parkinson, artist of Cook's Endeavour voyage.
British Museum (Natural History) 1984. Catalogue of the natural history drawings commissioned by Joseph Banks on the Endeavour voyage 1768-1771 held in the British Museum (Natural History).
Connell, M. 1990. Where the wildflowers bloom : an artist's outback journey
Fitzgerald, R.D. 1946, The unpublished plates of R.D. Fitzgerald's "Australian orchids" in the Mitchell Library, Sydney
Gooding, J. 1984, Margaret Forrest : wildflowers of Western Australia
Gooding, J. 1991, Wildflowers in art : artists impressions of Western Australian wildflowers 1699-1991
Hewson, H. 1999. Australia : 300 years of botanical illustration
Holmgren, N. H. 1986, Botanical illustration : preparation for publication.
Hunter, J. 1989 The Hunter sketchbook : birds & flowers of New South Wales drawn on the spot in 1788, 89 & 90 by John Hunter ; general editor, John Calaby, with the assistance of Helen Hewson [et al.]. Canberra : National Library of Australia.
Jay, E. 1992 A Victorian naturalist : Beatrix Potter's drawings from the Armitt Collection.
Jill, Duchess of Hamilton 1999. Napoleon, the Empress & the artist : the story of Napoleon, Josephine's garden at Malmaison, Redoute & the Australian plants
Latreille, Anne. 1999, Kindred spirits : a botanical correspondence, letters by Jean Galbraith, drawings by Joan Law-Smith.
Lawson, E. 1995, The natural art of Louisa Atkinson.
Lewis, J. 1992, Walter Hood Fitch : a celebration.
McKay, J.M. 1990, Ellis Rowan, a flower hunter in Queensland
Moon, B.E. 1980, A vision of Eden : the life and work of Marianne North..
Norst, M.J. 1989, Ferdinand Bauer : the Australian natural history drawings.
Plants and flowers : 1,761 illustrations for artists and designers . 1992.
Queensland Museum. 1997, Brilliant careers : women collectors and illustrators in Queensland
Rix, M. 1990, The art of botanical illustration
Rosser, C.E. 1999,. The Banksias volumes 1, 2 & 3, watercolours by Celia Rosser text by Alex George. Melbourne : Monash University,
Saunders, G. 1995. Picturing plants : an analytical history of botanical illustration
Scott, H. 1988, Historical drawings of native flowers.
Sherwood, S. 1996, Contemporary botanical artists : the Shirley Sherwood Collection
Stanford University. Libraries 1982, The orchid observed : five centuries of botanical illustration : an exhibit of books from the collections of William K. Glikbarg and the Stanford University Libraries.
State Library of Victoria 1975, The art of botanical illustration : an exhibition of fine books from the botany collection of the State Library of Victoria.
Watts, P. 1997, An exquisite eye : the Australian flora and fauna drawings 1801-1820 of Ferdinand Bauer
West, Keith 1983, How to draw plants : techniques of botanical illustration.
Western Australia. Dept of Agriculture 1986, Australian plants : collectors and illustrators 1780s-1980s.
Wilson, E. (ed) 1983, Drawn from life : the development of botanical illustration of Australian plants. Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Sydney.
Wunderlich, E.B. 1991, Botanical illustration watercolour technique.
Zdanowicz, I. 1996, Beauty in truth : the botanical art of Margaret Stones.
Zweifel, F.W. 1988, A handbook of biological illustration.

Journal Articles

Clarke, I. (et al) 1996, The role of botanical artists. Australian Garden History 7 (6) : 4-5.
George, A.S. and Jordan, C. 1993, A heritage of botanical art.. Voices 3 (1) : 92 – 107.
Karg, A.T. 1974, Hunt Institute Collection of biographical sketches of Australian Botany. Taxon 23 (4) : 613 – 618.
Wise, R. 1999. Drawing plants : ten pointers to botanical illustration. Plant Talk no. 17, April 1999 : 29 – 32.

Web sites

Art Gallery of Australian flora illustrations
http://www.anbg.gov.au/anbg/index.html#Art Gallery of Australian flora illustrations

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