Science Illustration Books


Art Forms in Nature: The Prints of Ernst Haeckel (Monographs)Art Forms in Nature: The Prints of Ernst Haeckel (Monographs)
Best Price: $15.68
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R3G0SX0PAICYS7 Video shows the size of the book,...
Art Forms in Nature (Dover Pictorial Archives)Art Forms in Nature (Dover Pictorial Archives)
Best Price: $8.80
I have to say that out of all the books I own,this one is my favorite.If you are an artist,in...
Contemporary Botanical Illustration: Challenging Colour and TextureContemporary Botanical Illustration: Challenging Colour and Texture
Best Price: $17.32
The authors of the bestselling Botanical Illustration Course with the Eden Project are back...
Birds: Mini Edition: The Art of OrnithologyBirds: Mini Edition: The Art of Ornithology
Best Price: $11.91
This breathtaking collection of important and beautiful ornithological art from...
Painter in a Savage Land: The Strange Saga of the First European Artist in North AmericaPainter in a Savage Land: The Strange Saga of the First European Artist in North America
Best Price: $13.49
Miles Harvey once again provides an example of excellent storytelling; not only does he give...


The Botanical Palette: Color for the Botanical PainterThe Botanical Palette: Color for the Botanical Painter
Best Price: $19.77
From the creators of The Art of Botanical Painting , here is the essential guide to achieving...
How to Draw Plants: The Techniques of Botanical IllustrationHow to Draw Plants: The Techniques of Botanical Illustration
Best Price: $11.41
I purchasd this book on the recommendation of someone who is a very experienced botanical...
The Book of Plants: The Complete Plates (Taschen 25th Anniversary Series)The Book of Plants: The Complete Plates (Taschen 25th Anniversary Series)
Best Price: $21.89
TASCHEN's 25th anniversary - Special edition! New design, new low price! The most famous...
The Guild Handbook of Scientific IllustrationThe Guild Handbook of Scientific Illustration
Best Price: $133.00
Since its first edition this book has been by far the best single resource available for anyone...
Drawing Trees (Step-by-Step Leisure Arts)Drawing Trees (Step-by-Step Leisure Arts)
Best Price: $6.06
Beginners are guided through the fundamentals of detailed observation, use of materials and...


Heck's Pictorial Archive of Nature and Science (Dover Pictorial Archive Series)Heck's Pictorial Archive of Nature and Science (Dover Pictorial Archive Series)
Best Price: $12.39
This was an OK book...I planned to use it for altered books and art journals, and I'm afraid...
Plants and Flowers: 1761 Illustrations for Artists and Designers (Dover Pictorial Archive Series)Plants and Flowers: 1761 Illustrations for Artists and Designers (Dover Pictorial Archive Series)
Best Price: $13.81
This is a truly wonderful publication which will provide simply hours and hours of enjoyment. ...
The Digital Biomedical Illustration Handbook (Graphics Series)The Digital Biomedical Illustration Handbook (Graphics Series)
Best Price: $5.77
This is a fantastic book with great info and tutorials. However, be aware that the CD with all...
The Art of Natural History: Illustrated Treatises and Botanical Paintings, 1400-1850 (Studies in the History of Art Series)The Art of Natural History: Illustrated Treatises and Botanical Paintings, 1400-1850 (Studies in the History of Art Series)
Best Price: $52.00
“Making knowledge visible” is how one 16th-century naturalist described the...
Drawing NatureDrawing Nature
Best Price: $14.99
The author brings the skill and wisdom of 50 years of teaching to bear on his subject. This is...

Arthur Harry Church:The Anatomy of FlowersArthur Harry Church:The Anatomy of Flowers
Best Price: $29.58
Arthur Harry Church, scientist, painter, and teacher, left an incomparable legacy of botanical...
Besler's Book of Flowers and Plants: 73 Full-Color Plates from Hortus Eystettensis, 1613 (Pictorial Archive Series)Besler's Book of Flowers and Plants: 73 Full-Color Plates from Hortus Eystettensis, 1613 (Pictorial Archive Series)
Best Price: $8.94
One of the great treasures of botanical literature, the Hortus Eystettensis vividly...
LA/SF: A Sketchbook from CaliforniaLA/SF: A Sketchbook from California
Best Price: $18.68
In the flood of published sketch and artists books, this one stands as a real valuable and...
BirdsBirds
Best Price: $6.50
Robert Bateman is one of my favorite wildlife artist, and his first two books are absolutely...
Super Vision: A New View of NatureSuper Vision: A New View of Nature
Best Price: $14.91
This is one of the most beautifully illustrated photo books I've ever seen. Ranging from the...

The Eye of the Lynx: Galileo, His Friends, and the Beginnings of Modern Natural HistoryThe Eye of the Lynx: Galileo, His Friends, and the Beginnings of Modern Natural History
Best Price: $22.00
This book, by David Freedberg, tells the fascinating story of Freedberg's discovery, on a tip...
A Passion for Plants: Contemporary Botanical MasterworksA Passion for Plants: Contemporary Botanical Masterworks
Best Price: $18.38
This book is very helpful, especially as a reference for anyone learning botanical illustration...
Illustrating Nature: How to Paint and Draw Plants and AnimalsIllustrating Nature: How to Paint and Draw Plants and Animals
Best Price: $7.95
A pair of professional artists offer valuable suggestions for realistic portrayals of flowers,...
The Big Book of Painting Nature in Pastel (Practical Art Books)The Big Book of Painting Nature in Pastel (Practical Art Books)
Best Price: $30.17
This is a quite good book to paint different types of landscapes, even I find it is difficult...
Nature Drawing: A Tool for LearningNature Drawing: A Tool for Learning
Best Price: $29.43
it was a gift for my wife and it is exactly what she wanted and she loved it

Scenes from Deep Time: Early Pictorial Representations of the Prehistoric WorldScenes from Deep Time: Early Pictorial Representations of the Prehistoric World
Best Price: $24.00
How did the earth look in prehistoric times? Scientists and artists collaborated during the...
Journey to the Ice Age: Mammoths and Other Animals of the WildJourney to the Ice Age: Mammoths and Other Animals of the Wild
Best Price: $31.99
Dutch illustrator Rien Poortvliet has done an outstanding job with this work, depicting in a...
Great AukGreat Auk
Best Price: $97.09
Ask anyone you know with even a cursory knowledge of birds and animals to name you an extinct...
Mr. Marshal's Flower BookMr. Marshal's Flower Book
Best Price: $17.79
A dazzling rendition of the seventeenth-century horticulturist?s famed watercolors . Alexander...
The Art of Botanical Illustration: An Illustrated HistoryThe Art of Botanical Illustration: An Illustrated History
Best Price: $21.50
This beautiful book surveys the evolution of botanical illustration from the crude scratchings...

The Body in Parts: Fantasies of Corporeality in Early Modern EuropeThe Body in Parts: Fantasies of Corporeality in Early Modern Europe
Best Price: $162.34
Fourteen experts on Renaissance culture and literature dissect various elements of human anatomy...
Jim Dine Flowers and PlantsJim Dine Flowers and Plants
Blooming with botanical drawings and paintings this coffee table volume by artist Jim Dine is a...
All the World's Birds: Buffon's Illustrated Natural History General and Particular of BirdsAll the World's Birds: Buffon's Illustrated Natural History General and Particular of Birds
Best Price: $220.50
Before Audubon, there was Buffon’s Histoire naturelle, g?n?rale et particuli?re,...
Wild Lives: The Animal Kingdom of Charles Lynn BraggWild Lives: The Animal Kingdom of Charles Lynn Bragg
Best Price: $10.94
Botanical Illustration in WatercolorBotanical Illustration in Watercolor
Best Price: $24.85
Not only is the author a super artist, rendering her illustrations with fine, exacting detail,...

The Art of Field SketchingThe Art of Field Sketching
Best Price: $29.43
"The art of field sketching is the art of learning to observe and draw nature quickly...
The Forgotten Orchids of Alexandre BrunThe Forgotten Orchids of Alexandre Brun
Best Price: $24.98
Picturing Nature: American Nineteenth-Century Zoological IllustrationPicturing Nature: American Nineteenth-Century Zoological Illustration
Best Price: $50.00
The panorama of American animal study, from the natural history of Alexander Wilson and John...
Africa: An Artist's SafariAfrica: An Artist's Safari
Best Price: $24.84
Krakowiak brings his remarkable subjects to life in image and text, striking artwork that...
Botanical Prints from the Hortus Eystettensis: Selections from the Most Beautiful Botanical Book in the WorldBotanical Prints from the Hortus Eystettensis: Selections from the Most Beautiful Botanical Book in the World
Best Price: $49.50
We got this book for visual aids teaching environmental community classes. But the prints are so...

Dragonfly Beetle Butterfly BeeDragonfly Beetle Butterfly Bee
Best Price: $74.99
This book is one of the best recent examples of naturalistic painting that I have seen in a...
How to Draw and Paint Animals in Pencil, Charcoal, Line and WatercolourHow to Draw and Paint Animals in Pencil, Charcoal, Line and Watercolour
Linda Birch's How To Draw And Paint Animals tells how to draw animals using pencil, charcoal,...
Drawing and Painting Animals: How to Capture the Essence of Wildlife ArtDrawing and Painting Animals: How to Capture the Essence of Wildlife Art
Best Price: $24.95
This is a very special book. Aldrich covers everything an aspiring (or experienced) artist wants...
Scientific Illustration: A Guide to Biological, Zoological, and Medical Rendering Techniques, Design, Printing, and Display (Design & Graphic Design)Scientific Illustration: A Guide to Biological, Zoological, and Medical Rendering Techniques, Design, Printing, and Display (Design & Graphic Design)
Best Price: $120.38
This book was much thinner than I had expected and is devoid of color except for a few pages in...
Vanishing Flora: Endangered Plants Around the WorldVanishing Flora: Endangered Plants Around the World
I came across this book in an art class. I don't know about the vanishing flora, but from an...

Of Birds and TexasOf Birds and Texas
Best Price: $46.99
This is one of the most gorgeous books you'll come across--every aspect is beautifully thought...
The Art of Bird IllustrationThe Art of Bird Illustration
Best Price: $65.02
This beautifully illustrated book is appropriately subtitled "A visual tribute to the lives...
Modern Wildlife PaintingModern Wildlife Painting
Best Price: $57.05
During the past century the western world has shown an unprecedented interest in wildlife and...
Jeffrey Whiting's Owls of North America (Whiting's Reference of Birds, Vol 1)Jeffrey Whiting's Owls of North America (Whiting's Reference of Birds, Vol 1)
Best Price: $126.95
For birders, lovers of art, or those interested in producing paintings or carvings of owls, this...
Besler FlorilegiumBesler Florilegium
Best Price: $228.66
While the size and scope of this book is impressive, the quality of the prints is poor, at least...

Images of Science: A History of Scientific IllustrationImages of Science: A History of Scientific Illustration
Best Price: $512.71
This spectacularly illustrated book chronicles the exciting progress of scientific investigation...
The Orchid Paintings of Franz BauerThe Orchid Paintings of Franz Bauer
Best Price: $312.71
This is a wonderful book packed with over 50 full-color paintings of many orchid varieties. By...
Jon Van Zyle's Alaska Sketchbook: Four Seasons in the Far NorthJon Van Zyle's Alaska Sketchbook: Four Seasons in the Far North
Best Price: $13.73
"Jon Van Zyle's Alaska Sketchbook" offers an intimate look at four seasons in Alaska...
The Physician's Art: Representations of Art and Medicine (Duke University Museum of Art)The Physician's Art: Representations of Art and Medicine (Duke University Museum of Art)
Best Price: $279.82
From early times, artists have been involved in the life and work of the physician in a variety...
Handbook of Audubon PrintsHandbook of Audubon Prints
Best Price: $10.24
For those who are interested in Audubon prints, this book is a good introduction, but if you are...

A Portfolio of Lunar Drawings (Practical Astronomy Handbooks)A Portfolio of Lunar Drawings (Practical Astronomy Handbooks)
Best Price: $25.00
Harold Hill's collection of sketches is my favorite of all my books on the moon. Hill has a...
Illustrating for ScienceIllustrating for Science
Best Price: $33.88
The Roses: Pierre-Joseph Redoute, 1759-1840 (Jumbo)The Roses: Pierre-Joseph Redoute, 1759-1840 (Jumbo)
Best Price: $102.98
I read about Redoute while researching the history of Chateau Malmaison. Malmaison is a small...
  
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