Plant and Floral Studies for Artists and Craftspeople (eBook)

W. G. Paulson Townsend (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2012
160 Seiten
Dover Publications (Verlag)
978-0-486-14867-0 (ISBN)

Infos

Useful reference covering several varieties of plants includes more than 100 precise drawings of flowers, leaves, buds, and growth patterns, along with detailed descriptions of physical features and general botanical information. 114 illustrations.

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Remarkably broad in its applications, this helpful reference covers a wide variety of plants. More than 100 precise drawings of flowers, leaves, buds, and growth patterns are provided for such plants as the anemone, arbutus, broad bean, bell-flower, briar rose, campanula, canterbury bell, dahlia, and lily; a detailed narrative provides descriptions of physical features and general botanical information for each plant.Invaluable for making stencils, needlework canvases, and other floral design projects, this thoroughly illustrated, comprehensive guide will be a boon to amateur and professional artists, art students, and crafters.

Inhalt

Acanthus (Spinosa)AlstræmeriaAnemoneAppleArbutus (or Strawberry tree)Bean (Broad)Bell-Flower (Nettled-leaved or Campanula)Bell-Flower (Canterbury)Bind-WeedBriar Rose (Small-leaved sweet)BurdockCampanula (or Nettle-leaved Bell-Flower)Canterbury BellCape GooseberryClematis (Wild) or Traveller's JoyColumbine (White)Convolvulus (or Bind-weed)Crane's-Bill (Meadow)DahliaDandelionDay LilyDelphinium (or Larkspur)Evening PrimroseEverlasting PeaFuchsiaGrass (Small Hard)Great Bastard WoadeGreat Flowered Ox-eyeGroundselHazel NutHip of Rose (Rosa)Hip of Briar RoseHip of Rose (Rosa indica)Holly (Sea)Hollyhock (Single)HonestyIndian Corn (or Blew Turky Wheat)Iris (German)Iris (Yellow)Larkspur (or Delphinium)Lavender (Spike)Lily (Day)Lily (Lilium Croceum)Lily (Martagon)Lily (Red Lily of Constantinople, from Gerard's Herball)Lily (Small, Alstræmeria)Lily (White Water)Lily (Yellow Water)MagnoliaMarrow (Vegetable)Meadow Crane's BillMedlarMonk's Hood (or Common Wolf's-bane)NasturtiumNut, HazelOx-eye (Great Flowered)Pea (Everlasting)PearPersicaria (Pink)Plantain (Broad-leaved)Plantain (Buck's horn)PlumPoppy (Sea)PotatoPrimrose (Evening)RiceRose, Hip of (Rosa indica)Rose (Small-leaved sweet briar)Sea Gilloflower (or Thrift)Sea HollySea KaleSea PoppySingle HollyhockStrawberry Tree (or Arbutus)Thrift (or Sea Gilloflower)TomatoTraveller's JoyVarious Treatment of Leaves for Surface PatternsVegetable MarrowVetch (Meadow)Woade (Great Bastard)Wolf's-bane (or Monk's Hood)Wheat (Blew Turky) or Indian CornWhite ColumbineWhite Water LilyYellow Water Lily

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 16.7.2012
• Reihe/Serie: Dover Art Instruction
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 170 x 170 mm
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Malerei / Plastik
• ISBN-10: 0-486-14867-X / 048614867X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-486-14867-0 / 9780486148670