Shirley Sherwood
Författare till Venice Simplon Orient-Express: The World's Most Celebrated Train
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Shirley Sherwood is a Fellow of the Linnean Society and is on the Board of the Smithsonian Institution.
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Venice Simplon Orient-Express: the Return of the… av Shirley Sherwood
If you love railroads, or are a lover of inter-war popular culture, this is a book for you. It more or less traces how the Venice-Simplon Orient Express train was revived in the early 1980s, both from the standpoint of the cars, and from the standpoint of the fittings and the service. There's lots of loving detail, and a wealth of interesting photographs. I enjoyed it a great deal.
Beautiful images of both old and recent botanical art.
From Library Journal
Sherwood, a botanist and trustee of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, rekindled her interest in botanical illustration when the Kew Gardens Gallery opened in 1990. Since then, she has acquired a remarkable collection of contemporary botanical art representing artists from 17 countries. To promote revived interest in botanical art and share her collection with the world, she has published this book in conjunction with a traveling exhibition. It is beautifully illustrated with page after page of exquisite reproductions. Sherwood has arranged each artist alphabetically, with brief comments on their background and her personal encounters with them. At least one full-color reproduction appears on the facing page, with some additional detail images that allow closer study of the artists' technique. There is no index to the specimens themselves, but title, size, and medium are noted with each work. More than mere scientific documentation, these images offer transcendence to a world of botanical delight. An excellent addition for art and botanical libraries as well as public libraries with an interest in the subject. Judith Lesso, Health Sciences Lib., West Virginia Univ.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.… (mer)
Sherwood, a botanist and trustee of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, rekindled her interest in botanical illustration when the Kew Gardens Gallery opened in 1990. Since then, she has acquired a remarkable collection of contemporary botanical art representing artists from 17 countries. To promote revived interest in botanical art and share her collection with the world, she has published this book in conjunction with a traveling exhibition. It is beautifully illustrated with page after page of exquisite reproductions. Sherwood has arranged each artist alphabetically, with brief comments on their background and her personal encounters with them. At least one full-color reproduction appears on the facing page, with some additional detail images that allow closer study of the artists' technique. There is no index to the specimens themselves, but title, size, and medium are noted with each work. More than mere scientific documentation, these images offer transcendence to a world of botanical delight. An excellent addition for art and botanical libraries as well as public libraries with an interest in the subject. Judith Lesso, Health Sciences Lib., West Virginia Univ.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.… (mer)
Lovely examples of botanical illustration.
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Statistik
- Verk
- 9
- Medlemmar
- 207
- Popularitet
- #106,920
- Betyg
- 4.2
- Recensioner
- 4
- ISBN
- 18
- Språk
- 1