The Pressed Plant
by Andrea DiNoto, David Winter

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Summary of The Pressed Plant

This engaging interpretation of the colorful history of plant collection traces its progress from a hazardous natural science on eighteenth-century explorations, to a fad among Victorian-era ladies and clergyman, to a keen pursuit for today's art collectors, garden enthusiasts, and crafters.

The Pressed Plant offers a thorough representation of four different art forms consisting of or created with actual plants: botanical specimens, in which parts of or entire plants are attached to archival paper; herbaria, or bound books holding a variety of plant specimens; nature prints, images made directly from plants; and sun prints, which are produced when a plant is placed on light-sensitive paper and exposed to the sun. A detailed appendix includes instructional material, sources for materials, and a collector's buying guide.

Art History Books

• Arts & Photography
• Instructional & How-To > General
• Other Media > Mixed Media
• Painting > Still Life
• Home & Garden > Crafts & Hobbies > Dried Flowers
• General
• Science > Biological Sciences > Plants > General
• Botany
• Professional & Technical > Professional Science > Biological Sciences > Botany