You reap what you sow: 500 years of botanical illustration
Botanical Illustration is a unique genre of art. It combines seemingly incompatible qualities: scientific accuracy on the one hand and artistic accomplishment – on the other. In exceptional cases, botanical artists managed to convey in their images the striking delight of the discoverer and the astonishment caused by the beauty and perfection of an orchid that blooms once in 15 years or a South…
